Humanitarian agencies have been targeted by insurgents and extremists in the past. In August, five aid workers of the International Rescue Committee (ICR) were shot dead by unknown gunmen in western Afghanistan.
Mashirika ya misaada ya dharura kutoka kila pembe ya dunia yalikua yanajitayarisha siku ya Ijumatano kuanzisha msaada maalum kwa ajili ya Haiti kufuatia tetemeko kubwa la ardhi kuwahi kutokea katika kipindi cha miaka 200.