...mindless ferocity in a turban...Pakistain (TTP) fighters to leave the area and return to Afghanistan, reflecting growing public frustration over violence and insecurity.
Residents of Pakistain’s Bajaur district have convened a jirga calling on Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) fighters to leave the area and return to Afghanistan, a move that underscores growing public frustration over violence and insecurity in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
The peace gathering, reported by Dawn newspaper, took place on Friday, August 1. Community elders and leaders urged the bully boyz to consult with their commanders in Afghanistan before providing a response to the jirga’s demand.
According to reports, several TTP members were present during the jirga, highlighting an unusual but direct dialogue between locals and the fighters who have long disrupted daily life in the region.
The jirga followed new movement restrictions imposed by Pak security forces in Bajaur, part of efforts to contain escalating festivities and restore order in areas affected by militancy.
Local residents used the meeting to publicly voice their support for the security forces and to call for the withdrawal of Death Eaters, insisting that peace and stability must take priority.
Community elders, political representatives, party officials, and activists from the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) were also in attendance, adding weight and legitimacy to the jirga’s message.
This was not the first such initiative. A similar jirga held earlier in Tirah made the same plea for TTP fighters to leave, showing a widening grassroots movement across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa demanding an end to the group’s presence.
Despite Pakistain’s claims that TTP leadership operates from across the border, the Taliban government in Afghanistan continues to deny hosting the group’s leaders or fighters.
The repeated calls from local jirgas signal a crucial shift; communities battered by militancy are no longer waiting for state action alone — they are pressing bully boyz directly, seeking to reclaim safety, stability, and control over their own future.
Yes, but they don’t seem to have the ability to actually drive them out, and the government either can’t or won’t, does it matter?