Swat Valley exiles return home

A Pakistani flag flies from a truck carrying people and supplies back into Mingora, Swat Valley's capital Photograph: Declan Walsh

A long convoy of displaced people from the Swat Valley waits at an army checkpoint before returning Photograph: Declan Walsh

A policeman from the North-West Frontier province deals with exiled residents at an army checkpoint Photograph: Declan Walsh

Bakht Biland, a 55-year-old taxi driver from Mingora, has spent ten weeks living in a tent with his family of seven Photograph: Declan Walsh

Bakht Biland stands with his children Photograph: Declan Walsh

Pakistani soldiers patrol the streets of Mingora Photograph: Declan Walsh

Shamin Khan, who was kidnapped by the Taliban for two days and mistakenly shot by army snipers, stands outside the Mingora courthouse that has been his home Photograph: Declan Walsh

Bakht Biland's family travel through Swat Valley on their way to their home in Mingora Photograph: Declan Walsh

War-displaced villagers from Swat valley return home by rickshaw Photograph: Declan Walsh