KHAR A major tribe straddling the Pak-Afghan border in the restive Bajaur tribal region on Monday gave an undertaking to the government to end militancy, refuse shelter to foreign militants and respect state authority. Mamoond, the largest and most strategically placed tribe in Bajaur, signed a comprehensive 28-point undertaking to surrender key figures of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in Bajaur, lay down arms, disband militant groups and stop militant training camps. According to the second clause of the undertaking,TTP senior leadership in Bajaur including the TTP, deputy leader, Maulvi Faqir Muhammad and its chief spokesman Maulvi Said Muhammad alias Maulavi Omar will surrender to the government. Other TTP office bearers in Bajaur who are required to be surrendered to the government include key militant commander Jan Wali alias Sheena and Commander Aliur Rehman. The Mamoonds, who had been dragging their feet on government’s demand to surrender militants and end militancy, decided to switch sides when the capture of two strategic heights by security forces on the night February 23 turned the tables, forcing the TTP in Bajaur to call a unilateral ceasefire. ‘It’s the peoples’ victory more than a military success’, Maj. Gen. Tariq Khan, who led Operation Sherdil (Lion Heart) in Bajaur, told Dawn News in an exclusive interview.
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