Ilyas Shinwari, a wanted militant ‘commander’ and key financer
of the Abdullah Aizam Brigade
of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
(TTP),
surrendered to political administration
in Khyber Agency of Federally
Administered Tribal Areas
(FATA) on May 31, reports
Central Asia Online.
Shinwari was wanted in connection
with attacks on Security Forces
(SFs) and other terrorist
activities, Assistant Political
Agent, Landikotal, Khalid
Mumtaz Kundi said. Shinwari
abdcuted high-profile people
and government officials and
would use the ransoms to fund
the militancy, he said. “I
wanted to live the rest of
my life in peace that’s why
I had opted to surrender,”
Shinwari said.
Further, three militants surrendered in Bajaur Agency and pledged
to help the agency administration
promote peace, an official
said. "Three Taliban
militants ... are under the
custody of the political administration
and would be set free within
three days," Bajaur Political
Agent Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah
said. A local jirga persuaded
the Taliban members to join
peace-making efforts, Shah
said.
Further, Political Agent Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah urged the UN
agencies to continue their
efforts for providing basic
needs of life to the people
of militancy-affected areas
of the tribal region, reports
Dawn. Talking to a
delegation of UN agencies,
he said that militants were
eliminated from the region
and writ of the Government
was restored as a result of
a successful military operation.
“Now normalcy is quickly returning
to all the areas and there
is no threat of militants
in the region,” the official
claimed. He said that tribesmen
of the region were peaceful
and civilised people and they
never supported anti-state
elements. “The tribesmen want
peace, prosperity and development.
That’s the reason that all
the people of the region are
not only fighting against
militants but they are also
supporting the administration
and security forces,” Mr Shah
told the delegation. |
