| Talks between the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam--Fazl (JUI-F) jirga and two warring tribes were suspended for two weeks due to worsening law and order and continued violence in Tirah valley of the Khyber Agency, Dawn News reported on Sunday. According to the channel, the JUI-F's NWFP Secretary General Shujaul Mulk led the party's jirga, while Ansar-ul-Islam (AI) chief Qazi Mehboob represented his group in the talks. Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) chief Mangal Bagh assured the JUI-F jirga of his support in maintaining peace in the Tirah valley, it said. Meanwhile, the fighting between LI and AI continued on Sunday. The fresh clashes claimed 5 more lives, bringing the death toll to 112 in 17 days of clashes. |