Web desk: Residents of Tirah Valley have agreed to relocate in the interest of peace and the elimination of terrorism, provided the government guarantees their 27 key demands, on Thursday.
A final decision will be made once the Chief Justice, Interior Minister, Peshawar Corps Commander, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister. And Commander of the 27th Brigade are accepted as guarantors by the community.
Among the major demands:
- Issuing financial assistance for houses destroyed after 2014.
- Registration of NCP vehicles in Tirah and permission to take them to Peshawar.
- Compensation for government-occupied land is to be paid to the rightful owners.
- Rs 8 million for houses fully destroyed during operations.
- Rs 4 million for partially damaged houses.
- Restoration of educational activities, construction of one cadet college, and girls’ schools in every tribal area.
- Upgrading local hospitals.
- Construction of link roads and protective retaining walls at locations identified by local elders.
- Granting Tirah Maidan its own provincial constituency.
- Provision of water, electricity, and gas.
- A special financial package for businessmen affected by the conflict.
- Interest-free loans for local residents.
Khawarij using Tirah Valley networks to launch attacks
Previously, it was reported that the increasing terrorist activities of Khawarij in Tirah Valley have once again raised alarms of new attacks in Peshawar and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to sources, the Khawarij have resumed launching terrorist attacks on Peshawar through their networks in Tirah Valley.
The distance between Tirah and Peshawar is only about 70 kilometres, with travel time taking just two hours.
Sources unveiled that the Afghan Khawarij involved in the November 24 attack on the Federal Constabulary Headquarters in Peshawar used the Tirah route.
Similarly, the Khawarij who destroyed the gas pipeline with an IED in Hassan Khel, Peshawar, on November 25 also came from Tirah Valley.
In past, the centre of Khariji leader Hakimullah Mehsud remained established in Tirah for a long period. From where he conducted operations across the entire tribal region, Peshawar, and other parts of the country.
Sources further said that Afghan nationals involved in several recent attacks have been found linked to the terror networks operating in Tirah Valley.
The planning of the heinous 2014 Army Public School attack was also carried out by Khawarij in these same secret centres located in Tirah.
