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A military offensive unleashed in April has sparked an exodus of people.
About 2.5 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) are now taking shelter in makeshift, impoverished camps, creating a humanitarian crisis.
A two-year insurgency by local fighters already saw more than 400,000 people being forced to flee the violence-doomed region to take refuge in Pushtun-dominated cities
across Pakistan, including Karachi, Mardan, Buner and Peshawar. |
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Publish on: Mon., June 22, 2009
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| Swat, once a popular ski resort frequented by Westerners, has been making international headlines since the government effectively lost control to local Taliban two years ago.
A military offensive unleashed in April has reportedly killed hundreds of militants and sent many others underground.
But the offensive has also displaced nearly 2.5 million people and created a humanitarian crisis of a massive magnitude.
IslamOnline.net sent its Pakistan correspondent Aamir Latif to Swat on a special reporting mission, and he came with pictures depicting different aspects of life in the northwestern lush valley. |
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