Fleeing Bajaur

Agencies Published July 7, 2011
Pakistani girls who fled the Pakistani tribal area of Bajaur with their families, collect branches to be used as fuel for cooking in the slums of Islamabad, Pakistan.
Pakistani girls who fled the Pakistani tribal area of Bajaur with their families, collect branches to be used as fuel for cooking in the slums of Islamabad, Pakistan.
Villagers who fled the Pakistani tribal area of Bajaur heading back to the slums of Islamabad.
Villagers who fled the Pakistani tribal area of Bajaur heading back to the slums of Islamabad.
Villagers feeling Bajaur.
Villagers feeling Bajaur.
Members of Lashkar, or local citizens' militia to fight against Taliban militants, raise their rifles, greeting Pakistani soldiers, not pictured, in the Bajaur tribal region.
Members of Lashkar, or local citizens' militia to fight against Taliban militants, raise their rifles, greeting Pakistani soldiers, not pictured, in the Bajaur tribal region.
Pakistani soldier, Ismail Mirzam, 25, looks on as he stands guard in a village in the Bajaur tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan.
Pakistani soldier, Ismail Mirzam, 25, looks on as he stands guard in a village in the Bajaur tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan.
Pakistani soldiers secure the area in the Bajaur tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan.
Pakistani soldiers secure the area in the Bajaur tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan.

Many villagers of the tribal area Bajaur have fled to Islamabad due to the fighting between the security forces and the militants. They have been forced to leave their homes and live in the slums of Islamabad. - Photos by agencies

 

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