| NWFP Governor Ali Jan Orakzai said on Thursday that military operations in the tribal areas had had “negative effects” on the government and that was why it had changed its approach. “Realising the negative outcome of the military campaign, the government decided to rethink its policy in the tribal areas and efforts in this regard culminated in the historic Waziristan agreement that was followed by agreements in South Waziristan and Bajaur tribal agencies,” he told a donors conference on a nine-year sustainable development programme for FATA. Four years ago, Orakzai said, the government had to launch a military campaign to deal with militants and foreigners in the tribal areas and a number of military operations were carried out in the North and South Waziristan regions. |