A jirga on Saturday urged the district and provincial governments to make functional the police posts in parts of the violence-hit Adenzai area of the Dir Lower. Talking to reporters, the chairman of the Adenzai Qaumi Jirga and former provincial minister Bakht Baidar Khan said the Taliban had left the Asbanr area, which had been completely peaceful for several days. He said the police posts at Asbanr, Kharkanai, Gul Abad, Gora Ghat Ramora and Katkala were vacated before the operation began in the area.
"Criminals can exploit the situation and disturb the peaceful environment again if police force does not resume its duties in the area," Baidar said. The jirga promised full public support to the police in maintaining law and order. Baidar said the jirga wanted to meet the local military commander at Chakdara but could not.
Curfew: Law enforcement agencies relaxed the curfew in Chakdara and other parts of the district for three hours on Saturday. Transporters and the people displaced from Maidan had been stranded because of the curfew for the last six days, residents told Daily Times. Meanwhile, security forces pounded Taliban hideouts in Maidan area of Lower Dir on Saturday. No casualties were reported.