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| 'Kurram Jirga wanted end to sectarian unrest' |
| 2008-05-24 |
| The Kurram Agency jirga members demanded government officials to control the sectarian violence in the agency and open up roads leading to it, before they could reveal those responsible for April violence in the area, a jirga member who escaped police arrest, told Daily Times on Friday. Syed Mohammad had escaped arrest on Tuesday as police detained members of a tribal jirga comprising 25 elders each from the Shia and Sunni sects of Kurram Agency, tasked with establishing who was behind violence between the two sects in April that killed more than 600 people and injured about 1500. “We (jirga members) were demanding the officials to help stop the ongoing sectarian violence in the agency before government demands could be met,” said Mohammad. A complete strike was observed in Kurram Agency on Friday against the detention of the jirga members in Peshawar. Elders of Turi and Bangash tribe organised the strike. The Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) Grand Alliance has also protested over the detention of jirga members. The detained jirga members belong to Tori, Bangash, Mengal, Para Chamkani and Kharwai tribes. |
| Posted by:Fred |