The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday condemned the deaths of civilians during “operations against terrorists” in the province’s Tirah area.
Earlier, a senior police officer in the area told AFP In anonymity, “the jet targeted four houses, which were completely destroyed.” However, he did not say who carried out the attack. The incident has attracted criticism from several quarters.
A statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Secretariat said that after the incident, CM Ali Amin Gandapur and the delegation of the region were with PTI MNA IQBAL AFRIDI, KP Chief Secretary, other Chief Secretary (Home), Peshawar Commissioner and other officials. The law and order situation in the “context of unfortunate events” that occurred in Tirah was examined.
“The tr difficulties of civilians in the incident are regrettable and condemned. The actions against terrorists are difficult for civilians to accept,” the statement said.
It added that regretted the unfortunate events in the meeting and provided prayers for the dead.
The statement said the Chief Minister announced that Rs 10 million of compensation was provided to the victim’s families. The meeting also considered a plan of action in detail to prevent such incidents in the future.
“In this regard, it was decided to hold a meeting in Gilga, consisting of elected public representatives in the region, leaders of all political parties, and locals and senior military officials from elsewhere.
“The future action plan for peace and order will be decided at the meeting of Gilga with military officials,” the statement said. He added that an agreement was reached to adopt a strategy among the Tiras to establish peace and order.
The statement said that during the meeting, the special focus was on the need to gain the trust of locals and residents of peace in the region.
Earlier in the day, the Pakistan Human Rights Commission said it was “deeply shocked” to hear reports of the killings of several civilians allegedly caused by the “air bombing” in Tira and to request an investigation into the matter.
It requires that “the authorities cause immediate and impartial events in the incident and be responsible for those responsible”.
“The constitutional need for the state to protect the right to life of all civilians, and this has never been secured,” the HRCP statement said.
KP Parliament President Babar Swati called on the federal and provincial governments to be transparent about the incident, investigate immediately, and identify the person in charge, not only providing immediate relief and compensation to affected families, but also taking comprehensive measures for their recovery.
Uploading a statement on X’s account said he was concerned about “the difficulty of innocent civilians and the difficulty of destroying houses due to jet bombing”.
Chief Communications and Engineering Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sohail Afridi also raised his voice on the matter at today’s KP parliamentary meeting. He said the “terrifying tragedy” happened at 2 a.m. in Tira.
He claimed that 25 people, including women and children, were killed when locals were “abandoned and bombs were discarded.” He blamed the incident for security forces. However, it cannot be determined independently of who is responsible.
MNA IQBAL earlier expressed regret for the incident in Pashto’s video message, which he shared with the media. He said older women and children were killed in Tira’s “jets” and urged people to reach the site of the incident to protest the killing.
MNA said this is not the first time such an incident has occurred. “Killing civilians has become a daily task.”
22 people were injured in similar incidents in May, including 7 children It is alleged to be a strike of limbs Wana Tehsil in KP South Waziristan region.
In the same month, there were four children Being killed Five more people were injured in a sisterper ammunition from Mir Ali Ali Tehsil in the North Waziristan region of KP.
Later, the army clarify The security forces in the incident were “falsely implicated” and were carried out by the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Other reports by Ibrahim Shinwari.
