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Pakistan: Protesters demand immediate reopening of the Torkham border
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
People in Pakistan's Landi Kotal protested the prolonged closure of the Torkham border with Afghanistan, calling it an "economic murder" of livelihoods. Protesters urged reopening the crossing, separating trade from politics, and including tribal elders and traders in future Pak-Afghan peace
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Pakistan: Imran Khan tells CM Ali Amin to block military operation in KP,
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Imran Khan urged KP CM Gandapur to block new military operations in tribal areas, warning they worsen army-public ties. In response, Gandapur launched jirgas with tribal elders to restore peace. The jirgas rejected displacement and called for talks with Afghanistan, Dawn reported.
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Peace march crushed, terrorists consulted: Pakistan's two-faced strategy i
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
On Friday, a peace march in Shewa tehsil of North Waziristan saw tribal elders, civil society representatives, political party members, and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) activists uniting against what they described as a collapsing security environment.
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Pakistan's military operations in Waziristan bring devastation, tribal Jir
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Held in Makin tehsil, the jirga drew thousands of participants from Upper and Lower South Waziristan as well as North Waziristan, including tribal elders, students, lawyers, journalists, and political figures.
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Religious scholars, tribal elders call for reopening of schools for Afghan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Taliban has been called upon by religious scholars and tribal leaders to open the country's institutions and universities to women right away, as their basic right to attain education continues to remain compromised, TOLOnews reported.
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Pakistan: Two killed, three injured in clashes in Balochistan's Wadh
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
It appears the administration and tribal elders have given up on the efforts to broker a ceasefire between the warring factions.
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Taliban stresses on implementation of Sharia in Afghanistan
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Taliban-appointed Acting Interior Minister of Afghanistan Sirajuddin Haqqani while speaking to a gathering of religious clerics, tribal elders and local officials in Laghman, said that the current Jihad in the country is to implement Sharia law.
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Thousands march for peace in Pakistan's Bajour
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The peace march organised by the Bajaur Peace Action Committee, a local alliance of political parties, was attended by political workers, social activists, traders and youth. Tribal elders, traders, social activists and youth participated in the march and asked for the restoration of peace i
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Tribal elders call for reopening of education centres for women in Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As the Taliban's crackdown on Afghan women continues to persist, some Tribal elders in the Khost province of Afghanistan urged the authorities to reopen education centres for women and allow them to work in government and non-governmental organizations, TOLO news reported.
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Tribal elders reject FATA-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa merger
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Jirga, consisting of tribal elders, civil society members and some religious scholars, chanted slogans against the merger of former Fata with the province. They also hold black flags.
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Afghanistan: Tribal elders call out Taliban to reopen girls' schools in Ni
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Tribal elders in Nimroz province of Afghanistan called out the Taliban to reopen schools for girls above the sixth grade and said that depriving young girls of education is not in the interest of the country, TOLO news reported.
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Pakistan: Tribal elders threaten to block roads, boycott polio vaccination
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): A jirga of tribal elders in North Waziristan has warned the Pakistan government that it will launch a strong protest movement against target killings in the region.
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