An internally displaced woman, fleeing military operations in Buner, sits with her children at a UNHCR camp (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) in Mardan, about 100 km (60 miles) northwest of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad May 7, 2009. Security forces launched an offensive on April 26, 2009 to expel militants from two of Swat’s neighbouring districts, Dir and Buner. Up to 38,000 people have been displaced from Swat and nearby areas since fighting flared last month, provincial authorities said on May 6, 2009, adding that up to 800,000 people could flee from the valley, which has a population of about 1.6 million. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN SOCIETY POLITICS CONFLICT)
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