I think they are going to resettle, recover from this, come back and hit very hard. This is not ending any time soon with military courts or whatever else and that would be a last straw.

Let's work together to make this world a peaceful and better place to provide the basics to one and all.

I hope someone takes notice of their plight! How beautiful are those kids, they need care, education, love and a good place to live. Why can't there be a temporary rehabilitation where the kids at least are taken care of and elders given some kind of jobs til they return back to their home! Is it impossible!

Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind

The oil rich countries (OPEC) needs to do more to help these refugees. They should give 1% of their oil revenue for humanitarian relief work in Pakistan

People have created misery for each other in the sake of promoting their agenda over each other? I hope resident of this word learn how o live together and share resources and keep their idealogies

why life for some people on this earth is so miserable?

Its really hard to survive in this cruel world..may God bless them with happiness and love in life..

IDPs from FATA & KPK and Afghan refugees there is one thing common amongst them beside being homeless i.e. they are Pashtuns. Being a Pashtun myself it is particularly sad. I hope our leaders eradicate terrorism from completely and take concrete steps to ensure prosperous future for all suffering. The big steps in this regard will be: 1) Make FATA a settled area, get rid of FCR, provide presence of state law and order agencies i.e. police and courts so that it no longer remains backwaters for destructive elements to take hold. 2) Grant Pakistan citizenships to those who are settled in Pakistan and would like to stay here. Uprooting people who have lived here for close to 40 years will be unfair.

Tell tale pictures. May god help them to come out the misery they are undergoing now .........

hope it will be safe from any act of terrorism and vandalism.

These pictures remind me one of Satinder Sartaj's song Dard Gareban da.

Wonderful pictures….thanks

Beautiful kids....but equally dark outlook...ohh Allah help us we have done injustice on your earth.

General Zia vision

Any govt. has guts to send these unthankful Afghani refugees now - thanks to Zia. Pakistan has it own IDP problem to tackle - why in the word, no govt. is returning these unthankful mortals back - IDP vote - these unthankful mortals don't. WHEN ANY GOVT. WILL LEARN .

Excellent reporting DAWN. These pics speak more ten thousand words to those who can read them. Please more of the same. Tell the people of Pakistan what is being done in their name.

I cannot imagine the plight of these kids and their parents.. Imagine a parent crying inside his/her heart about not being able to give their kids enough food, water, good education or enough clothes... Every time there is a story of a blast, terror attack or any disaster hundreds of kids also suffer from the impact.. This is for all the kids around the world, not just Pak or India, not just Arab countries but around the world... End of the day we all are fighting in the name of borders and petty differences and is missing out on the real problem around us, the children, poverty, good education, clean water, enough food and a roof above their head at night. I don't think these things should be too much to ask for

@S.Malik : Good thought. But that relief fund received from oil rich countries will be used by landlords and rich elites of the Pakistan for their presonal use.

@Bobby- i wish I had an answer, greed is one of the culprits all over the word, east to west and north to south.

We are all refugees running away from our past lives, seeking new life, and energy.

I hope these kids can be put in school so that they can see better lives in the future

They need education.

India can and should help in the sustenance and education of these kids,

We always remember refugees from KPK( which needs to taken care of as 1st priority) or afghan refugees but what about 200 thousand pakistanis who still call them selves Pakisatni since 71 breakup of Pakistan. No one is talking about them because they might look different. My hrat weeps for every refugee but specifically fot them as we have abondend them

i hope they enjoy every1 moment of their life and never expect anything from the government