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Swat valley: the road to recovery

Swat: Aerial view of the Swat river six weeks after flash floods
Aerial view of the Swat river six weeks after flash floods triggered by record rains caused massive destruction in the north-western Swat valley of Pakistan. Photo taken from an American military helicopter delivering aid to flood-stricken residents
Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian
Swat: Flood-stricken villagers being evacuated in an American Chinook helicopter
Flood-stricken villagers are evacuated in an American Chinook helicopter after the roads were cut off
Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian
Swat: The floods started in Swat
The floods started in Swat, a verdant valley still reeling from a punishing war against the Taliban in 2009. Now US soldiers are leading the charge with a helicopter-borne airlift and hoping to regain trust
Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian
Swat: Flood-stricken villagers from the Kalam Valley,
Flood-stricken villagers from the Kalam valley, in upper Swat, are evacuated in an American Chinook helicopter
Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian
Swat: Flood-stricken villagers from the Kalam Valley, in upper Swat
Flood-stricken villagers from the Kalam valley, in upper Swat
Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian
Swat: Remains of the main hospital at Madyan,
The remains of the main hospital at Madyan, in upper Swat valley, after the rest was washed away by the floods
Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian
Swat: School children in their bus near Mingora in Swat, Pakistan
Schoolchildren in their bus near Mingora. A semblance of normality has returned to the southern part of the Swat valley which suffered relatively minor flood damage
Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian
Swat: Swat Valley residents pass along a road under the remains of Jare village
Residents pass along a makeshift road under the remains of Jare village, in the central part of Swat valley
Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian
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