Mehsud elders in grand Jirga condemn Mohmand attack, demanded inquiry into barbaric incident

Mehsud elders in grand Jirga condemn Mohmand attack, demanded inquiry into barbaric incident

By Saleem Mehsud

TANK, Nov 28 : Elders of Mehsud tribe in grand jirga condemned the US-led Nato forces attack on the Pakistani troops in Mohmand Agency and demanded international inquiry of the barbaric incident on Monday.

Sources said that elders of Mehsud tribe in large number including Malik Karamat, Malik Sakhi Jan, Malik Bahadur, Malik Hashim and others strongly condemned the Nato attack in which 24 soldiers were martyred.

“We the Mehsud tribesmen will stand side by side of the Pakistan Army and will fight alongside the Pakistani troops against any enemy of our country,” the elders in their separate speeches vowed.

They further said that such attacks were considered attacks on the solidarity and sovereignty of the country which were not acceptable at any cost and demanded inquiry of the incident on international level.

“Pakistan suffered great losses in fight against terror after 9/11 and now their sacrifices are gifted with such attacks by the foreign troops stationed in Afghanistan,” the elders lamented.

Reiterating support of tribesmen to the Pakistan Army, they said that tribal will assist and fight shoulder by shoulder alongside the Pakistan Army against any enemy of the country and will not allow the enemies to practice their nefarious designs in Pakistan.

It is pertinent to be mentioned here that military operation against the insurgents in South Waziristan Agency was stepped up in March 2009, since then families of Mehsud tribe were displaced. Some of the families were repatriated to their home towns by the government where they were disheartened to see their flattened homes, reacting that re-construction of destroyed homes was not easy for them without the support of government and demanded relief from the government but yet no considerable work was done by government in this regard.