Jirga demands end to border hostilities

Jirga demands end to border hostilities

In an effort to reduce tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a jirga called on both countries to immediately cease hostilities and adopt dialogue as the primary path forward. The jirga emphasized that both nations must prevent their territories from being used against each other. The jirga was organized under the auspices of Aspire Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the National Reform Movement. Former chief secretary Arbab Shahzad Khan hosted the gath…

No one from Afghanistan attended Peshawar peace jirga, sources say

A peace jirga convened in Peshawar to address rising tensions along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border ended Tuesday without participation from Afghan representatives, according to people familiar with the meeting. The four-hour gathering, held at the Area Study Center of the University of Peshawar, brought together tribal elders, political leaders and civil society representatives from Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and nearby areas. Parti…