- Measures taken under the peace agreement, says the attached commissioner.
- Tribal leaders ensure full government cooperation to maintain peace.
- Leaders urge the authorities to accelerate efforts to reopen travel routes.
Paracharideos: The elders were given heavy weapons in the bass and superior Kurram voluntarily on Saturday while efforts to restore lasting peace in the district continue, The news reported.
The elderly from Kurram lower and upper delivered a significant amount of heavy arms to the authorities in the first phase.
The attached commissioner Kurram Ashfaq Ahmed said that these measures were being taken under the peace agreement signed in Kohat, which also led to the demolition of around one thousand bunkers established by rival groups. The voluntary delivery of weapons would continue in different areas of the district in the next few days.
The attached commissioner added that together with disarmament, the government was working on the reopening of closed roads and taking several measures to provide relief to the public affected by years of disturbances.
In statements to the media on the occasion, tribal leaders Zamin Hussain and Abdul Manan secured full government cooperation to maintain peace. They also urged the authorities to accelerate efforts to reopen travel routes and offer very necessary relief to the local population suffering from prolonged insecurity.
Kurram, a district of more than 600,000 residents near the Pakistan border with Afghanistan, has long been an access point for sectarian violence. But in recent months they have seen increasing tensions, with clashes from July to date, leaving more than 200 people dead.
The recent clashes exacerbated a humanitarian crisis in the district, with supplies of medicine and oxygen that extend critically low due to the prolonged closure of the main road that joins the parachute with Peshawar.
The reports suggest that more than 100 children may have died due to severe medical scarcity, although Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s government spokesman Barríster Saif has denied these statements.
A great jirga was convened at Kohat Fort to mediate in the conversations between the tribes at the war of the district affected by violence. After the negotiations of a day, the two tribes at war in January 2025 signed a peace agreement containing 14 points aimed at establishing peace in the area.
However, the agreement won strongly suffered a great setback when the assistant commissioner Saeed Manan, who mediated to stop fresh clashes between the sides at war in Kurram, was injured along with two others in a shot incident in February.
After an effort sustained by the agents of the law, peace was restored, and the essential supplies also began to reach Kurram, which cut off the rest of the country for months.
As part of the peace efforts, several bunkers were demolished in the upper and lower parts of Kurram last month. The tribal bunkers dismantling process began after the peace agreement.
