Pakistan's displaced people Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to be displaced as a result of military operations against the Taliban in Pakistan Mon 11 May 2009 08.32 EDT First published on Mon 11 May 2009 08.32 EDT People flee Pakistan's restive Swat valley after a curfew was temporarily lifted to allow people to leave the intensifying conflict Photograph: Rashid Iqbal/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter People travel by road as they flee military operations in Swat, Buner and Lower Dir in Malakand, Pakistan Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Displaced Pakistanis from Swat and Buner hitch a ride underneath a container truck in Mardan Photograph: Tariq Mahmood/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter An internally displaced mother holds her baby as they travel by road fleeing military operations in Swat, Buner and Lower Dir Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Scores of people travel by road as they flee military operations Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Residents flee Mingora, the main town in Pakistan's troubled Swat valley. Thousands of fearful civilians, many on foot or donkey-pulled carts, streamed out of the area as authorities briefly lifted a curfew Photograph: /AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter An internally displaced Pakistani man, fleeing from military operations against Taliban militants in troubled Swat valley and Buner, holds up an identity card as he waits in line for relief supplies at a UN High Commissioner for Refugees distribution point at a makeshift camp in Mardan Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A UN High Commissioner for Refugees official at a makeshift camp in Mardan registers displaced men fleeing military operations against Taliban militants Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter People queue for tea and bread at the UNHCR Jalala camp in Takht Bai village in Mardan, Pakistan Photograph: Mian Khursheed/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Children wait to get food at a refugee camp in Mardan. The UN said 360,600 refugees had fled Swat and the neighbouring Dir and Buner districts since Pakistan's army launched a new offensive against Taliban militants last week Photograph: Greg Baker/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A man carries a sack of wheat flour as others wait their turn at a relief camp in Mardan, Pakistan Photograph: Mohammad Sajjad/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pakistani men line up to register at a refugee camp at Swabi, in north-west Pakistan Photograph: Greg Baker/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pakistani boys walk through a refugee camp at Swabi, in north-west Pakistan Photograph: Greg Baker/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A young girl internally displaced by military operations in Lower Dir sorts through her family's belongings in Malakand, Pakistan Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Topics World news Pakistan Taliban Al-Qaida Internally displaced people