Pakistan says won't divert forces from militant fight
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Pakistan's army is playing the leading role in rescue efforts after the worst floods in decades, but it will not divert forces from the battle against Islamist militants, military officials said on Friday.
The floods, the country's most severe natural disaster, began two weeks ago and have killed more than 1,600 people, forced 2 million from their homes and disrupting the lives of about 14 million people, or 8% of the population. The army has deployed about 60,000 troops for rescue and relief operations out of a force of about 550,000 soldiers. (Reuters)
