In 2010 there were a lot of these huge international NGOs that were active throughout most of Pakistan. And they were the kind of big organizations that are kind of set up for exactly this sort of crisis. This time through these trucks we go on here. And why isn't there a comparable aid this time given the scale of these floods?
A few weeks into this year’s monsoon season in Pakistan, it became clear that the rains were unlike anything the country had experienced in a long time.
The resulting once-in-a-generation flood has marooned entire villages and killed 1,500 people, leaving a trail of destruction, starvation and disease.
Guest: Christina Goldbaum, an Afghanistan and Pakistan correspondent for The New York Times.
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