Refugees, who fled the military offensive against the Pakistani militants in North Waziristan, sit on a bed they used to sleep rough overnight in Bannu
Refugees, who fled the military offensive against the Pakistani militants in North Waziristan, sit on a bed they used to sleep rough overnight in Bannu, located 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)
Panicked refugees pour out of Pakistan's troubled North Waziristan
"Waziristan was our paradise but the Taliban and security forces turned it into a hell," a fleeing farmer said
Afghan security forces leave at the site of burning NATO supply trucks after an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistani-Afghan in Nangarhar Province
Afghan security forces leave the site of burning NATO supply trucks after an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistani-Afghan in Nangarhar Province June 19, 2014. Four Taliban militants struck a NATO post in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Thursday, destroying dozens of trucks and sparking a gun battle with polices, Afghan officials said. REUTERS/Parwiz (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT)
A U.S. soldier takes pictures of a burning car after an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistani-Afghan in Nangarhar
A U.S. soldier takes pictures of a burning car after an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistani-Afghan in Nangarhar Province June 19, 2014. Four Taliban militants struck a NATO post in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Thursday, destroying dozens of trucks and sparking a gun battle with polices, Afghan officials said. REUTERS/Parwiz (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT)
U.S. soldiers arrive at the site of burning NATO supply trucks after an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistani-Afghan in Nangarhar
U.S. soldiers arrive at the site of burning NATO supply trucks after an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistani-Afghan in Nangarhar Province June 19, 2014. Four Taliban militants struck a NATO post in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Thursday, destroying dozens of trucks and sparking a gun battle with polices, Afghan officials said. REUTERS/ Parwiz (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT)
Nato troops and Afghan security forces arrive at the site of burning NATO supply trucks after an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistani-Afghan in Nangarhar Province
Nato troops and Afghan security forces arrive at the site of burning NATO supply trucks after an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistani-Afghan in Nangarhar Province June 19, 2014. Four Taliban militants struck a NATO post in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Thursday, destroying dozens of trucks and sparking a gun battle with polices, Afghan officials said. REUTERS/ Parwiz (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT)
Taliban attack NATO supplies in Afghan east, destroy dozens of trucks
AFGHANISTAN-ATTACKS/:Taliban attack NATO supplies in Afghan east, destroy dozens of trucks
Afghan security forces keep watch as smoke rises from burning NATO supply trucks after, what police officials say, was an attack by militants in the Torkham area
Afghan security forces keep watch as smoke rises from burning NATO supply trucks after, what police officials say, was an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistani-Afghan in Nangarhar Province June 19, 2014. According to officials on Thursday, at least 37 trucks belonging to NATO forces were destroyed after three suicide bombers targeted the NATO supply trucks, with two civilians wounded in the attack. REUTERS/Parwiz (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
Afghan security forces walk near burning NATO supply trucks after, what police officials say, was an attack by militants in the Torkham area
Afghan security forces walk near burning NATO supply trucks after, what police officials say, was an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistani-Afghan in Nangarhar Province June 19, 2014. According to officials on Thursday, at least 37 trucks belonging to NATO forces were destroyed after three suicide bombers targeted the NATO supply trucks, with two civilians wounded in the attack. REUTERS/Parwiz (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
NATO troops walk near burning NATO supply trucks after, what police officials say, was an attack by militants in the Torkham area
NATO troops walk near burning NATO supply trucks after, what police officials say, was an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistani-Afghan in Nangarhar Province June 19, 2014. According to officials on Thursday, at least 37 trucks belonging to NATO forces were destroyed after three suicide bombers targeted the NATO supply trucks, with two civilians wounded in the attack. REUTERS/ Parwiz (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS)