An Afghan refugee has his eyes tested at a health clinic set up by the UNHCR to mark World Refugee Day in Islamabad
An Afghan refugee has his eyes tested at a health clinic set up by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to mark World Refugee Day in Islamabad June 20, 2014. World Refugee Day, an occasion that draws attention to those who have been displaced around the globe, falls on June 20. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY IMMIGRATION POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
An Afghan refugee girl stands with her mother as they wait for their turn to have a medical check-up at a health clinic setup by UNHCR to mark World Refugee Day in Islamabad
An Afghan refugee girl stands with her mother as they wait for their turn to have a medical check-up at a health clinic setup by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to mark World Refugee Day in Islamabad June 20, 2014. World Refugee Day, an occasion that draws attention to those who have been displaced around the globe, falls on June 20. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY IMMIGRATION POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Afghan refugees wait to have a medical check-up at a health clinic setup by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to mark World Refugee Day in Islamabad
Afghan refugees wait to have a medical check-up at a health clinic setup by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to mark World Refugee Day in Islamabad June 20, 2014. World Refugee Day, an occasion that draws attention to those who have been displaced around the globe, falls on June 20. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY IMMIGRATION POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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A soldier walks past trucks heading towards North Waziristan to bring refugees fleeing the military offensive against Pakistani militants, on the outskirts of Bannu
A soldier walks past trucks heading towards North Waziristan to bring refugees fleeing the military offensive against Pakistani militants, on the outskirts of Bannu, in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province June 19, 2014. Their belongings piled up high on rickety buses, donkey carts and tractors, thousands of refugees poured out of Pakistan's North Waziristan on Thursday, terrified by both state troops and Taliban insurgents fighting for control of the troubled region. Pakistan announced the start of a full-on military offensive on Sunday to quash an increasingly assertive Taliban insurgency in the tribal ethnic Pashtun region where some of the region's most feared al Qaeda-linked militants are based. REUTERS/Zahid Mohammad (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY SOCIETY TRANSPORT)
A refugee, who fled the military offensive against Pakistani militants in North Waziristan, rests beside her donkey on the outskirts of Bannu
A refugee, who fled the military offensive against Pakistani militants in North Waziristan, rests beside her donkey carrying her belongings on the outskirts of Bannu, in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province June 19, 2014. Their belongings piled up high on rickety buses, donkey carts and tractors, thousands of refugees poured out of Pakistan's North Waziristan on Thursday, terrified by both state troops and Taliban insurgents fighting for control of the troubled region. Pakistan announced the start of a full-on military offensive on Sunday to quash an increasingly assertive Taliban insurgency in the tribal ethnic Pashtun region where some of the region's most feared al Qaeda-linked militants are based. REUTERS/Zahid Mohammad (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)