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...insurgents' advance was halted only by the arrival of gunship helicopters, artillery brigades and fighter jets. As the military's thunderous assault grew closer, Khan and his wife fled, hiding for hours in the nearby forest. When daylight broke, they scaled the hills and made their way to Shewa Adda, a village near the town of Swabi. "My daughter was born four days after we arrived," says Khan. The camp, now home to 500 families like the Khans, has been named after her: Aman, the Urdu word for peace. (Watch TIME's video "The Challenge on the Ground in Afghanistan...
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