Mohmand... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
Agency will reopen on Thursday after three years, marked by violence and military operations.
A notification, issued by Agency Education Officer Said Mohammd Khan on Wednesday, directed all teachers concerned to reach their respective schools in the areas and perform duty.
All the educational institutions in Mohmand tribal region were closed three years ago owing to militancy and military operation.
It merits a mention here that more than 80 schools have been destroyed since inception of militancy and consequent military operation in the area. The future of 20,000 students was at stake owing to closure of schools for three years.
The education officer said that classes would be arranged in hujra and tents for the students of destroyed schools.
DEFUSED: The security forces and Levies defused an bomb planted by unidentified persons in a dry water channel at Gul Akbar Banda area of Mohmand tribal region.
Also, a joint search operation was launched by Levies and Mohmand Rifles in Miangan Kallay, Shanikhel and Sultankhel areas of Haleemzai tehsil. However,
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official said that situation was normal in the areas.Meanwhile,
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different bazaars and the main road in the tribal region remained closed for several hours owing to unknown reasons.
Locals said that shopkeepers of Ghalanai, Main Mandi and Ekkaghound were told to close their shops and avoid walking in the bazaars.
Security was also beefed up in different tehsils of the region. The Levies, Khasadar and FC were deployed on several points to check general public. However,
today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday...
after three hours the road was opened but the bazaars remained closed.
The political administration officials, when contacted, said that the measures were taken because security forces were engaged in search operation in the adjacent area.