1. And those without jobs rise to look for work, forming hopeful crowds daily outside the compounds of foreign relief organizations and the few factories still operating. 2. All foreign relief agencies fled the town, as did most of the residents who could get out. 3. Aidid regarded foreign relief agencies with suspicion and threatened them regularly, believing they were in league with Western interests opposed to him.. 4. Foreign relief workers report that many of them, especially the elderly and the young, are growing increasingly weak and suffering from disease. 5. Foreign relief workers and development experts are already focused on the enormous task of establishing sustainable alternatives for poppy farmers before the next planting season begins in October. 6. Foreign relief workers waded through the crowd, passing out toothbrushes, soap and other necessities. 7. Foreign relief workers stranded in Huambo have reported a huge exodus of civilians and UNITA soldiers, and have said the government seems to control the city. 8. Garvelink and other foreign relief officials warn that unless the Albanian people receive aid along with the refugees, the current charitable mood could turn bitter. 9. The Taliban, she said, represent a culture that has not changed in Afghanistan in centuries, and they will not relent because foreign relief agencies press them. 10. They rose to their positions through an informal process that involved gaining the respect of fellow refugees, Pakistani administrators and foreign relief agencies. |
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