PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - JULY 03: A young boy, internally displaced from the Pakistani's Army's ongoing offensive against the Taliban, carries an empty container, as he walks to collect water at the Jalozai UNHCR IDP relief camp on July 3, 2009 near Peshawar, Pakistan. Approximately 3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been created as a result of an on-going military operation against the Taliban. Pakistani forces are battling militants in the Swat valley, Lower Dir and Buner. New camps are sprouting up while others continue to grow as people shift away from the city of Mardan where thousands were living with families and schools as the UNHCR and other aid agencies struggle to deal with the needs of so many. The refugees are facing extremely harsh living conditions in the searing heat in over crowded camps. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - JULY 03: A young boy, internally displaced from the Pakistani's Army's ongoing offensive against the Taliban, carries an empty container, as he walks to collect water at the Jalozai UNHCR IDP relief camp on July 3, 2009 near Peshawar, Pakistan. Approximately 3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been created as a result of an on-going military operation against the Taliban. Pakistani forces are battling militants in the Swat valley, Lower Dir and Buner. New camps are sprouting up while others continue to grow as people shift away from the city of Mardan where thousands were living with families and schools as the UNHCR and other aid agencies struggle to deal with the needs of so many. The refugees are facing extremely harsh living conditions in the searing heat in over crowded camps.

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