epa01908603 People displaced after the military operation against Taliban militants in South Waziristan, line up to get ration at a relief camp in Dera Ismail Khan, North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan, 24 October 2009. Pakistani security forces began a ground offensive against Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents in Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal region along the Afghan border earlier in 2009. According to the United Nations, some 80,000 people had so far been displaced since May 2009, when the Pakistani jets started airstrikes on alleged militants’ strongholds. EPA/SAOOD REHMAN