...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth...on Friday assured security forces of the continued support for peace efforts and decided to patrol hilltops in the region's border areas to check cross-border attacks.
The decision was made during a jirga in Sevai area, where a large number of tribal elders, heads of local village defence committees and senior members of Mamond Qaumi Lashkar were in attendance.