Floods have left hundreds of thousands homeless in Pakistan and the situation is getting worse by the day, aid agencies say.
While the government has been criticised for its slow response to the crisis, the military said it rescued thousands of people in Sindh province on Wednesday.
"In the Badin district, we have rescued more than 3,000 people from the Shadi Laj area, and more than 10,000 people from the Pingrio region," Major Waheed Bukhari, from the army rescue operation in Badin, said.
Soldiers used inflatable boats to rescue residents stranded in remote villages.
According to a military statement, apart from the rescue and relief operations in Badin and Mirpur Kas regions, 60 tonnes of rations were dropped by helicopters in 30 trapped villages in Sanghar district on Wednesday.
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