Tribal elders from Safi tehsil of Mohmand Agency on Saturday demanded an immediate end to the ongoing military operation in the Tribal Areas. The tribal elders, including Syed Ahmad, Abdul Khaliq, Malik Zardar and Malik Khair Rehman told a press conference that the government had started the operation without taking them into confidence. "We, the tribal people of Mohmand Agency, have no plan to raise any lashkar against the Taliban, but we want the issue to be resolved through a tribal jirga and this is the only way to bring peace to the region," the said. They accused the government of not allowing tribesmen to move to safer places. "The government asked the people to leave the tehsil so that it could start the operation, but blocked all the exit routes leaving the locals stranded," they claimed. They demanded the government send back the agency's internally displaced persons and compensate them so that they could rebuild their houses damaged during the operation, or arrange proper residence for them in settled or safer areas.