Rebuilding Swat

AFP Published July 24, 2011
Flood survivors stand in their damaged home perched alongside the River Swat in Madyan.
Flood survivors stand in their damaged home perched alongside the River Swat in Madyan.
Families sit on traditional outdoor beds on the river Swat at the popular hill station of Behrain. Pakistanis in Swat said they preferred to stay put, protected by the army and with tourists returning, rather than live an uncertain exile in the suburbs of big cities, congested and crime ridden.
Families sit on traditional outdoor beds on the river Swat at the popular hill station of Behrain. Pakistanis in Swat said they preferred to stay put, protected by the army and with tourists returning, rather than live an uncertain exile in the suburbs of big cities, congested and crime ridden.
Children play near the ruins of a mosque destroyed by the 2010 floods on the river Swat banks at the popular hill station of Behrain.
Children play near the ruins of a mosque destroyed by the 2010 floods on the river Swat banks at the popular hill station of Behrain.
Residents stand beside a mosque alongside the River Swat in Madyan.
Residents stand beside a mosque alongside the River Swat in Madyan.
Labourers repair a bridge over the River Swat in Madyan.
Labourers repair a bridge over the River Swat in Madyan.
A man guides his goat as he crosses the River Swat by bridge at the hill station of Madyan.
A man guides his goat as he crosses the River Swat by bridge at the hill station of Madyan.
Soldiers walk past labourers at work on a bridge over the River Swat in Madyan.
Soldiers walk past labourers at work on a bridge over the River Swat in Madyan.
Families sit by the river Swat at the popular hill station of Behrain. Behrain, a magnificent setting where little houses cling to mountain crags overlooking the confluence of two rivers, was devastated last year.
Families sit by the river Swat at the popular hill station of Behrain. Behrain, a magnificent setting where little houses cling to mountain crags overlooking the confluence of two rivers, was devastated last year.
A man carries construction material across the River Swat by bridge at the hill station of Madyan.
A man carries construction material across the River Swat by bridge at the hill station of Madyan.

A year after floods swept away homes and livelihoods, Pakistani survivors of a Taliban uprising are courting fresh disaster in the picturesque Swat valley by refusing to leave for higher ground. – AFP photos

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