MEDIA GALLERY
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The 1.9 million Pakistanis uprooted by anti-Taliban offensives must be not be pushed into returning home before their safety and security is assured, the UN humanitarian chief said. Maulana Fazlullah, the commander of the Pakistani Taliban in the northwest Swat valley, has been reported injured during an offensive against the insurgents, the army spokesman said on July 8.

A man builds a mud wall as children play at a makeshift camp in Jalozai. The camp at Jalozai, southeast of Peshawar, holds nearly 100,000 of the 2.5 million people who have fled the army’s offensive in the north — AFP/Farooq Naeem

 

 

 

An injured IDP girl looks on bravely from the shelter of a school in Mardan — AFP/Sajjad Qayyum

 

Internally displaced women bring their sick children to a makeshift medical camp in Swabi  — AFP/Sajjad Qayyum

 

Internally displaced boys hold a ‘welcome’ sign before the arrival of British Foreign Secretary David Miliband to the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) Yar Hussain camp in Swabi — Reuters/Faisal Mahmood

 

 

An internally displaced woman holds her children while taking refuge at a school in Mardan— Reuters/Faisal Mahmood

 

An internally displaced woman sits next to her grandchild while taking refuge at a school in Mardan— Reuters/Faisal Mahmood

A child strolls over debris of a house destroyed by security forces during a search operation against militants, in Kolachi, near Dera Ismail Khan —AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud

 

 

Children look on at Sheikh Yaseen Internal Displaced camp in Mardan, 180 km from Islamabad — AP Photo/Vincent Thian

 

 

A child looks on at Sheikh Yaseen Internal Displaced camp in Mardan — AP Photo/Vincent Thian

Internally displaced children take refuge at a school in Mardan— AP Photo/Vincent Thian

 

 

An internally displaced family takes refuge at a school in Mardan— AP Photo/Vincent Thian

 

An internally displaced elderly man rests while taking refuge at a school in Mardan— AP Photo/Vincent Thian

 

An internal displaced person waits for distribution from the United Nations World Food Program in Mardan— AP Photo/Vincent Thian

 

An internally displaced woman looks on while taking refuge at a school in Mardan— AP Photo/Vincent Thian

 

 

Visiting British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, right, talks to children displaced from Pakistan’s troubled Swat Valley, at Chota Lahore camp in Swabi — AP Photo/Vincent Thian