...a tribe of primitives inhabiting Khyber Agency. They are a branch of the Afridi tribe. Traditionally they have been migratory, tromping between Jamrud and the Rajgal valley with the seasons. The tribe has had mustache-cursing relationships with several other tribes, including the Zakkakhel and Kambarkhel, and with the Mullagori. They make welcome most anyone with a turban and automatic weapons, but every once in awhile they get together a tribal lashkar to mollify the government...
tribe in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency
on Friday.Sources said that about 500 families, belonging to Maniya Khel and Sra Vela localities of Tirah, reached Ghundi village of Jamrud while around 300 more temporarily settled down in Ali Masjid area.
Saifullah, a resident of Maniya Khel, told Dawn that they left behind every thing as they were forced to flee their houses.
"Taliban came in a large number. They were heavily armed," he said. He added that Kukikhel volunteers could not offer any resistance as they had exhausted all their ammunition and also vacated most of their bunkers.
Saifullah said that Taliban were also supported by Ansarul Islam, a local myrmidon group headed by Mulana Mehboobul Haq. He alleged that the local myrmidon group was affiliated with Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam
...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability...
-Fazl.
Noor Zahir, another Kukikhel volunteer, also said that his tribe, which had earlier vowed to expel Taliban from their soil at any cost, lost most of their areas to Taliban fighters of Tariq Afridi group.
He said that Taliban started consolidating their position in the areas, which the Kukikehl volunteers vacated after the offensive was launched.
"Taliban occupied our houses and seized most of our belongings including household items, cattle and stocks of edibles, which we use to keep for winter," he said.
Mr Zahir said that poppy crop cultivated on hundreds of acres of land was also left behind. He said that poppy was one of the major crops on which most of the Kukikhel families relied.