Pakistan flooding disaster grows worse Friends, The worst flooding in Pakistan’s history continues unabated.  The monsoon rains fall in torrents and the number of people affected grows daily.  Over 10% of Pakistan’s population is now involved, with almost 5 million internally displaced people, most of whom have lost what little they might have had.  It will take many years for Pakistan and its people to recover. Having seen a small portion of this tragedy, words fail to be able to describe the intensity and scope [...]

Friends, It hardly seems possible, but I have been in Pakistan for two years today.  I want to sincerely thank each of you for your emails, thoughts and prayers. I believe that those of us working here are, in some small way, making a positive difference for the people of Pakistan.  And if we can help create a safer and more peaceful Pakistan, it might allow our troops in Afghanistan to come home more quickly.  It may mean that a dedicated young patriot in the [...]

Although this has been  a desperate, violent year in Pakistan, we can all renew our hope with the blessings of Christmas. I wish the very best to you and those you love this Christmas season, and pray for a peaceful and prosperous New Year in 2010. Your friend in Pakistan, Chuck Bennett by the way: Two members of the North West Frontier Province Bomb Squad.  They were trained by ICITAP and disarmed over 100 explosive devices in the latter half of 2009. Chuck Bennett trainiert [...]

Here you get the monthly report from Chuck Bennett, Pakistan: Friends, As you have probably seen on the news, the Pakistani Army, police and border security forces are battling the Taliban in the North West Frontier Province.  I have been working with the Pakistani police in the NWFP for the last several weeks.  Our team is helping them develop and implement policing and security plans for the huge internally displaced persons camps that have sprung up in the NWFP.  UN personnel now estimate that over [...]

Saturday, April 04, 2009 At approximately 8 AM on Saturday, April 4th, a powerful explosion rocked my house.  The walls shook and the windows rattled.  The blast was at a Frontier Corps camp here in Islamabad about 500 yards from my house.  A ten minute gun battle followed the blast.  Automatic weapons, rifle and pistol fire was very close as I stood on my upper deck.  At least 8 Frontier Corps and Ranger personnel and several civilian were killed.  Scores were seriously injured.  The Taliban [...]