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| LI retreats after rival tribe surrenders |
| 2008-04-19 |
| The Lashkar-e-Islami (LI) on Friday ended clashes with the Kooki Khel tribe after the tribe accepted the militant organisationÂ’s demands to end illegal businesses. The Peshawar-Torkham Highway was opened for traffic after five days of closure due to fighting between the LI and the Kooki Khel tribesmen of the Jamrud subdivision in the Khyber Agency. The LI captured the houses of tribesmen late on Wednesday, and told them to stop extorting money from vehicles on the highway and end illegal businesses, including the sale of liquor and the sheltering of criminals. Frontier Constabulary personnel are still guarding the highway. Tribal elders said Iqtidar Shah, the elder son of the late Malik Zahir Shah, had surrendered to the LI late on Thursday, during a jirga. They said that Kooki Khel elder Guli Shah had accepted LIÂ’s 30-point agenda during a similar jirga held at the Shah Kas area early on Friday. Haji Misri Khan, a close aide of LI chief Mangal Bagh, said the tribe had accepted all their demands. He said the Kooki Khel tribe had agreed that they would eradicate distilleries from the area and stop the sale of hashish and the extortion of money from commuters, adding that they would also expel criminals from the area. Security personnel: Also on Friday, unidentified gunmen released 16 security personnel who were kidnapped during the clashes, Dawn News reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 They set the standard others strive for. |
| Posted by: Fred 2008-04-19 09:50 |
| #1 the Kooki Khel tribe Are the Khels any kookier than the rest of the tribes around there? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-04-19 07:13 |