- The two belligerent tribes accept the eight -month peace agreement.
- The agreement finalized in the presence of Kurram DC.
- The former and the main stakeholders participated in the negotiations.
Parachinar: In the midst of government efforts to facilitate tensions in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, an eight -month peace agreement was concluded between two tribes at war of the region on Saturday.
Haji Kamal, member of Jirga, confirmed the development, saying that the agreement had been finalized in the presence of the Kurram commissioner, Ashfaq Ahmed, with other officials.
Sources have told PK Press Club News that the alumni on both sides, officials of the district administration and other key stakeholders participated in the negotiations to reach the colony.
Speaking on occasion, assistant commissioner Ashfaq Ahmed said that the truce had brought a double joy for residents before Eid Ul Fitr.
Meanwhile, Haji Asghar, a member of Jirga, said that a plan was being formulated to reopen the roads, which remained blocked due to the current tensions.
Kurram, a district of more than 600,000 inhabitants near the Pakistan border with Afghanistan, has long been a hot spot for sectarian violence. But the last months have seen growing tensions, with clashes since July to date, killing more than 200 people.
The recent clashes have exacerbated a humanitarian crisis in the district, with medicine and oxygen supplies which are extremely low due to the prolonged closure of the main highway connecting the parachinaire to Peshawar.
Reports suggest that more than 100 children may have died of a serious shortage of medicine, although Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s government spokesman, lawyer Saif, denied these claims.
A great peace that Jirga was summoned to Fort Kohat to mediate between the belligerent tribes of the District of Violence. After several days negotiations, the two belligerent tribes in January 2025 signed a peace agreement containing 14 points aimed at establishing peace in the region.
However, the hard -won agreement underwent a major setback when the deputy commissioner Saeed Manan, who meded on to stop the fresh clashes between the war teams in Kurram, was injured with two others in a dismissal incident in February.
After sustained efforts from the police, peace was restored and the essential supplies also began to enter Kurram, which was cut off from the rest of the country for months.
As part of peace efforts, a number of bunkers were demolished in the upper and lower parts of Kurram last month. The process of dismantling tribal bunkers began after the peace agreement.
Furthermore, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (CTD) terrorist fighting department has announced money from the head – from RS3M to RS30M – out of 14 terrorists involved in recent violence in the Kurram district.
In a statement, the CTD said that the accused had been involved in the assassination of more than 200 people, adding that all terrorists were associated with Pakistan Tehreek-E-Taliban Prohibited (TTP).
