| Two more Ahmadzai Wazir sub-tribes have inked an agreement with the political administration binding them against providing sanctuary to aliens and for supporting the government in its drive to flush out Qaeda and other anti-state elements from the South Waziristan Agency. Both the Khujalkhel and the Ghulamkhel sub-tribes deposited 32 AK-47 rifles with the administration as guarantees to abide by the agreement. Most tribes in the agency have reached similar agreements with the government, raising hopes the situation will get better. However, the Yargulkhel sub-tribe, to which a number of wanted individuals belong, has yet to arrive such an agreement. Tribals Maulvi Sharif, Maulvi Abdul Aziz and Noor Islam are wanted by the government in various terror-related cases. A local community representative said that agreements with the tribes should encourage the government to lift the economic sanctions imposed on the agency. |