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Khyber Agency jirga warns 'criminals' to mend ways
The Kukki Khel tribe of Khyber Agency set a one-week deadline on Sunday in order to root out narcotics and other crimes from Jamrod, warning that the tribes peace committee would take decisive action against elements involved in drugs and other heinous crimes in the area.The announcement was made by a grand jirga (council) presided over by the Kukki Khel tribe chief, Malik Muhammad Ibrahim Afridi. The tribal elders said that criminals had started moving to the Jamrod area after action taken by the Taliban in the Mohmand Agency, Bara, Darra and other areas. They said that 15 kidnapped persons were released on the arrival of the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) ameer Mangal Bagh at Jamrod. The drug business in Jamrod was continuing and foreign elements would continue coming in unless the drug menace was stamped out from the area, they added. The elders also said that the peace alliance wanted an Islamic system of justice and to bring an end to the presence of foreign elements that wanted to turn Kukki Khel, a peaceful land, into a battlefield. The sub-tribes of the Kukki Khel tribe assured the tribal chief Malik Ibrahim that they would co-operate with the Kukki Khel tribe and accept all of its decisions. Besides Chief Afridi, others who addressed the jirga included: Haji Naqab Shah; Haji Saleem; Haji Said Wazir; Haji Ahmed Khan; Maulana Jumma Gul; and Haji Gul Jamal. Posted by: Fred 2008-05-05 |
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