From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Men stand around and wait as bags, cans and boxes of food are handed out systematically at a distribution point. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A man stands near a wall-like stack of relief goods, which included bags of wheat and rice. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A local committee member (centre, with pen) manages the distribution process via a list containing the names of registered families. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A young local, Mohammad Abbas, poses next to his relief "package." Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A man carries a sack of supplies home through the flood-damaged streets of mohalla Malla. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Local men and workers try to connect power lines next to a downed structure. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A view of a destroyed building. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A water-soaked bag of wheat lies discarded in the street. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Water marks on a building just metres away from the Kabul River show that the water rose about 12-feet above street level. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A pile of household items, including a cushion and clothes, lie on the street, ruined by flood waters from the Kabul River. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A building adjacent to the mosque in mohalla Malla seems as if it was bombed as all that is left of it is a giant pile of rubble. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: The rubble of a flattened building encroaches on its neighbour. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A surging Kabul River destroyed several homes and left others in a pathetic condition. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A man sits in the afternoon heat beside a flood-destroyed home. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: After floods broke homes and utility connections, workers try to repair the power lines. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
>> From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Men shift relief supplies in mohalla Malla, alongside the Kabul River. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A girl in a purple kameez holds a small bag of potatoes at a relief goods distribution point. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: As locals ready their supplies to carry away, children stand and look on curiously. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A girl blocks the sun as men distribute relief goods behind her. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A man carries his sacks of wheat home as children watch. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Men stand around and wait as bags, cans and boxes of food are handed out systematically at a distribution point. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A man stands near a wall-like stack of relief goods, which included bags of wheat and rice. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A local committee member (centre, with pen) manages the distribution process via a list containing the names of registered families. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A young local, Mohammad Abbas, poses next to his relief "package." Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A man carries a sack of supplies home through the flood-damaged streets of mohalla Malla. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Local men and workers try to connect power lines next to a downed structure. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A view of a destroyed building. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A water-soaked bag of wheat lies discarded in the street. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Water marks on a building just metres away from the Kabul River show that the water rose about 12-feet above street level. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A pile of household items, including a cushion and clothes, lie on the street, ruined by flood waters from the Kabul River. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A building adjacent to the mosque in mohalla Malla seems as if it was bombed as all that is left of it is a giant pile of rubble. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: The rubble of a flattened building encroaches on its neighbour. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A surging Kabul River destroyed several homes and left others in a pathetic condition. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A man sits in the afternoon heat beside a flood-destroyed home. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: After floods broke homes and utility connections, workers try to repair the power lines. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
>> From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Men shift relief supplies in mohalla Malla, alongside the Kabul River. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A girl in a purple kameez holds a small bag of potatoes at a relief goods distribution point. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: As locals ready their supplies to carry away, children stand and look on curiously. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A girl blocks the sun as men distribute relief goods behind her. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
From Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A man carries his sacks of wheat home as children watch. Photo: Talib Qizilbash
The Kabul River first overflowed at the end of July, before many other areas of Pakistan started to drown. Nowshera District was severely hit. In one village along the river’s edge, a local man claimed that at one point the water level in his home was “rising three feet per hour.”
Newsline had a chance to visit a few areas around Nowshera city. In the photo gallery below, the devastation inflicted by the floods on the village of Akora Khattak is painfully clear. Relief goods coordinated and delivered by NGOs, such as the Omar Asghar Khan Development Foundation (OAKDF), have reached residents there and the distribution process has been remarkably smooth. Several photographs show locals patiently and systematically partaking in the distribution of the relief supplies in partnership with OAKDF. And children seem to be children: hanging around everywhere and observing everything, even as relief and repair work goes on around them.
