Swat refugees Anas, 4, Shahid, 1, and Abbas, 8, huddle onto a wooden bed, in a room shared by nine people. About 90 percent of the two million Pakistanis displaced by the conflict live with host families, living on the kindness of kin or paying hefty rents in the already-crowded cities. Unseen by the public or the media, relief aid seldom reaches these families.
(taken 05/24/09)
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