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50-member TTP Jirga to visit Kabul for peace talks with Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 31 (ANI): The peace effort between Pakistan and the proscribed terror outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) gather pace as a 50-member jirga of notable tribal leaders is due in Kabul tomorrow (Wednesday).
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Pakistan's Mehsud tribe urges for dialogue between army, TTP
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Amidst persistent lawlessness in the South Waziristan tribal district, a group of leaders or jirga of the Mehsud tribe, on Friday made an appeal to the Pakistan security forces and the banned the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to cease hostilities in the r
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Pakistan PM to convene tribal council meeting for settling North Wazirista
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
North Waziristan [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Prioritising the North Waziristan tribal district's peace, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that he would soon convene a grand jirga (a tribal council responsible for settling disputes) of elders of the area in Islamabad to find a way o
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Afghan leaders support Pashtun ethnic jirga in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkh
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 17 (ANI): Former Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar and former Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday supported the proposal by the Pashtun ethnic jirga in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to hold a Loya Jirga in Balochistan.
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Parties convene Jirga to defend rights of pashtuns in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bannu [Pakistan], March 12 (ANI): To protest for the rights of ethnic minority Pashtuns and to discuss the issues faced by them, many parties in Pakistan's Bannu city convened a jirga on Friday.
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Pak releases dozens of TTP prisoners as peace talks continue with banned o
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Paktika [Afghanistan], February 21 (ANI): Pakistan released 46 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) prisoners with an aim of a permanent ceasefire and peace agreement with the banned group.
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Pakistan: Kohat jirga demands gas supply to villages along Indus Highway
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kohat [Pakistan], February 15 (ANI): Decrying that Kohat being deprived of a gas supply facility for the last 15 years, residents of villages along the Indus Highway held a jirga on Sunday to protest the authorities' failure.
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Peshawar Jirga condemns hours-long power, gas load shedding
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], February 2 (ANI): The Peshawar Qaumi Jirga has expressed protest over hours-long power and gas load shedding and warned of ringing the offices of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) and Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) to convey their message.
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Promises of evacuation to elite soldiers caused collapse of former Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 2 (ANI): Some military officials were given promises before the fall of Kabul that they would be evacuated, and their departure was a major reason for the defeat of the Afghan army by the Taliban, said former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani, according to media repo
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Karzai calls for inclusive government in Afghanistan to gain international
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 4 (ANI): Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai emphasized the significance of inclusive government in Afghanistan calling Loya Jirga (Great Assembly) as a good option to chart its path towards legitimacy.
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Afghan technician dies by suicide in Kabul amid financial problems
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 5 (ANI): An Afghan technician of a state-run TV - Wolisi Jirga TV died by suicide in Kabul amid financial problems as he was laid off after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
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Pakistan tribal elders seek reversal of FATA-KP merger, says done without
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], November 1 (ANI): Tribal elders of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan are seeking reversal of province merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) saying that it was done without people's consent.
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