More than two million refugees fled the mountainous Malakand region in the North Western Frontier Province (NWFP), spread over six districts including Swat - the biggest exodus of internally displaced peoples (IDPs) after Rwanda in the nineties, according to the United Nations.
In early July, Pakistan's Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani announced the successful completion of the military operation in Swat, the worst affected district, and urged the refugees to return home.
Thousands of farmers among the IDPs who took the buses and trucks laid on by the authorities to their villages in Swat, Buner, Shangla and Dir have sent back reports of widespread destruction of crops and infrastructure. More...
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