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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Security Crisis: CM Demands Answers on Failed Peace Efforts
- •Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has questioned Pakistan’s security approach amidst ongoing violence and instability in the province.
- •Afridi advocates for reconsidering and changing policies that repeatedly fail to deliver results in achieving lasting peace.
- •The KP chief minister criticized decisions made behind closed doors, emphasizing the need for broader consultation on security policies affecting the province.
- •His comments come as Pakistan continues counter-terrorism operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- •Military leadership has reiterated its commitment to defeating terrorism and achieving lasting peace in the region.
Key Questions Answered
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi questioned Pakistan's security approach and the effectiveness of years of military operations, pointing out that 22 major operations and over 14,000 minor operations over 22 years have failed to achieve lasting peace in the province.
CM Afridi criticized closed-door security policies because important decisions affecting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continue to be made without adequate consultation with the province, and he questioned why the provincial government's proposed 100-day peace action plan has not been implemented.
His remarks followed a deadly militant attack where gunmen opened fire on an ambulance responding to a suicide bombing at a roadside police checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan, killing at least 12 people and wounding about 35 others.
