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North Waziristan deal will be replicated in South: Orakzai

WASHINGTON: NWFP Governor Ali Jan Orakzai said that if the treaty signed with tribal elders of North Waziristan proved successful, similar treaties would be signed with tribes in other agencies.

In an interview with Murtaza Solangi of the Voice of America, Orakzai said the Pakistan Army was present in the Kurram, Khyber and Mehmand agencies and there were no reports of armed men crossing from those areas into Afghanistan.

He said that there had been some reports from Bajaur of stray crossings and due notice had been taken of this. “We are using back-channel diplomacy to deal with the situation,” he added. He said the current conflict was mainly confined to south and east Afghanistan where Pashtuns were settled, living under age-old tribal traditions that emphasised decision-making through consensus. khalid hasan

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