- Measures taken under the peace agreement, explains the sub-commissioner.
- The tribal leaders provide full cooperation to the government to maintain peace.
- The leaders urge the authorities to speed up efforts to reopen the travel roads.
Parachinar: heavy weapons were rendered by the elders at the bottom and the top of Kurram voluntarily on Saturday while the efforts to restore lasting peace in the district continues, The news reported.
The older and higher Kurram alumni gave a large amount of heavy weapons to the authorities of the first phase.
Sub-commissioner Kurram Ashfaq Ahmed said that these measures had been taken under the peace agreement signed in Kohat, which also led to the demolition of around a thousand bunkers established by rival groups. The voluntary transfer of weapons would continue in different areas of the district in the coming days.
The deputy commissioner added that as disarmament, the government worked on the reopening of closed roads and took various measures to relieve the public affected by years of trouble.
Addressing the media on this occasion, the tribal chiefs Zamin Hussain and Abdul Manan ensured full cooperation in the government to maintain peace. They also urged the authorities to accelerate efforts to reopen travel routes and offer an essential relief to the local population with prolonged insecurity.
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.
