Out of Pakistan's troubled North Waziristan, comes a mass exodus.
Scores of displaced men, women and children, leaving their homes, only to get stranded at checkpoints like this one.
The military has announced a full-on offensive against a Taliban insurgency.
It's pounding villages and militant hideouts, sending a wave of panicked people spilling into nearby regions and Afghanistan.
Those who stayed behind had until Sunday to get out.
(SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) DISPLACED PERSON, SAMI ULLAH, SAYING:
"We demand the government gives an extension to the curfew. The people are still trapped there; the government should give them a chance to get out of there."
Officials say some 350,000 people have been displaced since the operation began a week ago.
At this checkpoint, they've set up a national registration database.
They're refugees now, lining up for rations.
One man says all he got were graham crackers and juice.
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