The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Acting Director Altaf Afridi on August 6 said that stability in Tribal Districts critical to regional security, reports The Express Tribune. USAID is supporting the KP Government in expanding governance, improving services delivery, creating economic opportunities and developing infrastructure in the province particularly in recently-merged Tribal Districts. Addressing a virtual seminar in Peshawar, Altaf Afridi, during his briefing to the press, said that stability and development in KP, particularly in the merged Districts along the border with Afghanistan, are critical to global and regional security. USAID is partnering with the Pakistanis Government to expand the presence of public entities in the newly-merged areas, provide basic services, and facilitate economic opportunities. These jointly prioritised objectives are in line with Pakistan’s Tribal Decade Strategy for 2020-2030 and the mutual goal to increase stability by delivering development to the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).