Villagers Flee Waziristan

Pakistani jets pounded targets in the country's northwest in a major offensive designed to root out terrorist safe havens in the region forcing families to flee their villages, Bannu, Pakistan, June 17, 2014.

Families arrive in large numbers after fleeing their villages in the Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan, in Bannu, June 17, 2014.

Families arrive in Bannu with few possessions after fleeing their villages in the Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan, in Bannu, Pakistan, June 17, 2014.

Villager Aftab Khan takes shelter at a school after fleeing from the Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan, in Bannu, Pakistan, June 17, 2014.

Thousands of villagers flee as the Pakistani army relaxes a curfew in troubled North Waziristan. Here local villagers offer water to fleeing tribal families after they arrive in Bannu, Pakistan, June 18, 2014.

Pakistani army troops arrive in the city after an operation launched against the Taliban in North Waziristan, in Karachi, Pakistan, June 16, 2014.