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| | IRIN Asia | Asia | Pakistan | PAKISTAN: Mountain experts deliver food to remote communities | Natural Disasters | ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | KAGHAN, 7 December 2005 (IRIN) - Amid the steep, snow-clad slopes, small teams of mountain experts equipped with backpacks, anoraks and trekking gear, make their way along the footpaths towards isolated communities of earthquake survivors that desperately await them. |
 | | While aid agencies in centres such as Balakot, Mansehra and other locations south of Kaghan have reported a thin trickle of people coming down from the valleys, many are still opting to stay close to their homes. |
 | | Kareem Khan, 54, in Kaghan told IRIN: "We are used to snow and the tough conditions. |
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