'Support for Pakistan’s Internally Displaced People', Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Press Release in Reliefweb, 21 November 2009
EXCERPT: "In response to an urgent call for support from the World Food Programme (WFP), Australia will provide a further $5 million to help people displaced due to conflict in North-West Pakistan. . . Australia and Pakistan are expanding the strategic dialogue between our countries and our development partnership. Earlier this year I announced that Australia would double its development assistance program to Pakistan to $120 million over the next two years. We have also doubled our training to the Pakistan military to 140 places, making Australia the second largest provider of overseas military training to Pakistan after the US."
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