Two years after the devastating earthquake it suffered, Azad Kashmir is on the road to recovery, although many residents are still without permanent homes, but plentiful temporary shelters make sure that everyone will have a roof.According to a report in the Washington Times on Monday, Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan believes his people owe a large debt of thanks to the international community. He said plans to reconstruct thousands of permanent homes, along with schools, hospitals and roads, were well under way. “People realised this would not have been possible without international help,” he said. He spoke of his vivid memories of American Chinook helicopters ferrying emergency food and supplies to otherwise inaccessible areas immediately after the quake. “The Chinooks, especially in remote areas, became known as angels of mercy, machines that people had never seen before. Definitely, it has helped change perceptions of the Kashmiri people toward the outside world,” the prime minister said.