Kurram jirga asks govt to ensure implementation of peace agreement
A second Jirga between Kurram’s tribal elders was held in Peshawar on Monday following a similar meeting in Islamabad. Jirga members have expressed their agreement over demolishing bunkers and have called on the government to make sure the Kurram peace agreement is implemented. Members of the jirga, including Munir Bangash and Jalal Bangash, reported positive […]
Another Taliban minister calls for end to ban on girls’ education
Another senior Taliban official has called upon the group’s leadership to reverse the ban on the education of women in the country. Taliban’s Deputy Interior Minister Nabi Omari was captured on video that has gone viral on social media as he broke into tears while talking about the ban on women’s education in the country. […]
Policeman shot in Khyber as polio vaccination drive begins across KP
The year’s first polio campaign in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa got off to a rocky start on Monday after a police constable guarding a vaccination team was shot to death in Sakhipul, Jamrud Tehsil, Khyber district. The KP government has begun a five-day polio vaccination campaign across the province. The campaign will run from February 3-7 and […]
BLA Command Council member killed in Kabul
In a major blow to the Baloch Liberation Army, the group’s senior leader Mushtaq Kohi was killed in Kabul on Sunday. Sources told Khabar Kada that Kohi was stabbed to death by an unidentified person. Kohi was a key member of the Command Council, the decision making body of the BLA’s Jeeyand faction. Split into […]