Pakistan Swat valley roads reopen 巴基斯坦将重新开放战区道路

The Pakistani military is preparing to reopen roads into the conflict-hit Swat valley and neighbouring regions.

巴基斯坦军方正在准备重新开放冲突地区和邻近地区的道路。

People living in temporary camps will be the first to return

The move is intended to encourage people displaced by earlier fighting against the Taliban to return home.

About two million have already returned to the area, but damage to the region's infrastructure¹（基础设施） means returnees will rely on aid for months to come.

The UN has stressed that the return, which will begin with people living in temporary camps, must be voluntary.

Once people have been moved from the camps, the army will begin returning people who have been living in schools and other places since they fled the fighting between Taliban militants³ and government forces.

The return is being overseen⁴ by the substantial（大量的，实质的） military presence established in the Swat, Malakand and Buner regions after Taliban militants were dislodged（逐出，取出）.

Damaged infrastructure

General Nadeem Ahmad, who is coordinating⁵ the operation, said every family leaving the camps would receive cash support from the government.

Gen Ahmad had a similar role following the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir.

A computerised identity card system, which was developed then through the banks, is being used again to help registered users access state aid.

However, much of the infrastructure in the Swat region was severely⁶ damaged in the months of fighting.

Power and water supplies have been shattered and the reconstruction⁷ is expected to take many months.

A resident of the town of Sultanwas, in Buner province, told the Associated Press that if the government failed to provide for people's needs, "no one will stand against militant² extremism（极端主义，过激论） in the future".

"In this war we lost and gave everything, saw our village destroyed," said Muhamed Shereen.

"So now the people of Sultanwas look to the government and the whole country and world to come forward and help us."

The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan, who recently visited Swat's main town, Mingora, said the town was largely intact（原封不动的，完整的）, with markets and residential⁸ areas still standing⁹.

But the security situation remains¹⁰ uncertain and supplies are critically low, he says.