Pashtun Tribes Rise Against Taliban In Pakistan Tribal Area

News Type: Event — Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:31 AM EDT Photo by Ihsanullah Wazir (AP) Shaheen Buneri - AHN Foreign Correspondent PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AHN) - A grand Jirga (Tribal elders' council) of eleven sub tribes in the Orakzai Agency of the Pakistan Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has decided to unite against foreign militants in the area and help the military to regain control over the checkposts earlier occupied by Taliban groups. Locals say that a grand Jirga of eleven sub tribes of Orakzai tribe was held Friday at the Dabori area of the agency in which tribal elders and local religious scholars expressed their grave concern over the raising militancy in the tribal region. The Jirga decided to unite and expel all foreign militants from the tribal agency and help the military to regain control over the security... [read full story]