Peshawar, July 16 (ANI): Pakistan has finalised plans to deploy additional troops along the Pak-Afghan border, army officials told a grand jirga held in Barawal Bandi area of Upper Dir district.
Operations Commander Lower and Upper Dir Brigadier Nadeem Mirza, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly member Anwar Khan, former Provincial Minister Inayatullah Khan, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Dir Ghulam Muhammad, District Police Officer (DPO) Mir Qasim Khan and elders belonging to different areas of Barawal tehsil were present during the meeting.
According to sources, elders of the area expressed concern over the volatile situation around the border and asked the army officials to take stern action against the militants to put an end to cross-border infiltration.
"The jirga decided to provide every possible support to security forces deployed around the border areas and we also told army officials that our peace committee members would also take part in routine patrol if the forces required," the Express Tribune quoted Khan, as saying.
Welcoming the support offered by the jirga, Brigadier Mirza said the security forces would establish check posts around different parts of Nusrat Darra, Shengara Darra, Suni Darra and areas of Barwal tehsil.
"We need local support to secure the border. Without their support, we cannot achieve our target," Mirza said.
Ali Khan, a local elder, said that the Pakistan government should arrange a joint jirga of the elders living across the border.
"I think a joint jirga is a better solution to stop the incursion because we will request the Afghan elders to ask the militants to leave their areas and I hope they will help us," Khan said.
Upper Dir District Coordination Officer Ghulam Muhammad said the jirga was very successful and the elders have assured their full support. (ANI)
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