- Both tribes at war agree with the eight -month peace agreement.
- Agreement ended in the presence of Kurram DC.
- The elderly and key stakeholders participated in the negotiations.
Parachute: In the midst of government efforts to relieve tensions in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Kurram district, an eight -month peace agreement was reached between two tribes at war in the region on Saturday.
The member of Jirga, Haji Kamal, confirmed the development, saying that the agreement was ended in the presence of the attached commissioner of Kurram Ashfaq Ahmed along with other officials.
The sources told PakGazette News that the elders of both parties, the officials of the District Administration and other key stakeholders participated in the negotiations to reach the agreement.
Speaking on the occasion, the attached commissioner Ashfaq Ahmed said that the truce has brought double joy to the residents ahead of Eid Ul Fitr.
Meanwhile, the member of Jirga, Haji Asghar, said that a plan to reopen the roads, which have remained blocked due to the ongoing tensions is formulated.
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.
Separately, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (CTD) contributing department announced the main money, from RS3M to RS30M, with 14 terrorists involved in recent violence in the Kurram district.
In a statement, the CTD said the defendants were involved in the murder of more than 200 people, and added that all terrorists were associated with the forbidden Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
