Jalozai Camp (Pakistan), July 14 (DPA) Hundreds of refugees have started returning to their homes in Pakistan's scenic valley of Swat with deeply ambivalent emotions - following a two month-long army offensive against the Taliban which displaced millions.

The men, women and children were happy to leave behind the sufferings they faced at the temporary refugee camps for weeks, but they were not sure whether the situation at home has really improved and whether they could rebuild their shattered lives again.

'I am going back to my home - but I don't know what I will do there,' said Ghaniur Rehman, 72, as he sat in a government-provided bus to transport the displaced from Jalozai Camp, a small city of thousands of tents which has provided a temporary home for around 150,000 people.

'My only son is dead, my house has been flattened and all my belongings destroyed,' he said Monday as he wiped his tears with the sleeves of his long white shirt.

'I don't know where I will live and where I will eat from. The government has given me 25,000 rupees (around $306), how long will my family and me eat with this money?' he added. 'But home is home. I am going there and will stay there till my death.'

The decisive assault by thousands of troops forced the Taliban to lose control over much of the district and retreat to their dens in pine-clad mountains in the scenic valley, but the cost has been quite heavy.

Hundreds of houses, government buildings and bridges are destroyed. The government is still struggling to restore water, electricity and gas supply in many areas. Health services are almost collapsed.

The blossoming tourism industry, which was a major source of income for many in Swat, a land of gushing rivers and picturesque valleys, at least until 2007 when the conflict began, is now completely ruined.

In coming months or perhaps years, few local or foreign tourists would dare to travel to Swat, commonly now dubbed the 'valley of death'.

The UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes said last week billions of dollars would be needed for rehabilitation and reconstruction in the first year alone.

But the world has not been so generous to the 2.