From Pakistan’s battered Swat Valley

Over one million houses have been destroyed by floodwater, leaving an estimated 8 million people homeless.

Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC

One year ago the Pakistani military launched an offensive to drive Taliban militants from Pakistan’s Swat Valley. More than two million people fled the fighting, provoking a massive humanitarian crisis. Now, the worst floods in Pakistan’s history have created even greater destruction and displacement.

I am travelling with a team of IRC aid workers who are helping to clear 12 miles (20km) of dirt track south of Kahlan, a village that has been cut off from the outside world since flood waters submerged all roads in the area.

Here are some photos I took along our route.  You can read the full story here.