Adezai peace lashkar quits fight against militancy
Khan, along with members of the lashkar and Adezai tribal elders, announced the decision during a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club.
The peace militia had been formed by the Adezai tribe with the help of the government in 2008 to help eliminate extremists and militants from the outskirts of Peshawar.
Speaking to the media, Khan said that around 5,000 people were linked with the militia and that it could no longer be sustained due to the non-cooperative attitude of the government.
He said that before dissolving the militia, they had repeatedly appealed to the government and asked them to provide rations, weapons and money to fight militants.
Khan said that they had been promised ration, weapons and money, but the government had given them nothing and they had continued to support them despite this. He said that at least 105 personnel had been killed in the last five years and that the militia had helped in repelling major militant attacks.
He added that a number of orphans and widows had not been compensated, adding that the government will be responsible if any mishap takes place with members of the militia.
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The brave lashkar lost 100 men against taliban terrorists, and now they have been ditched. Shame!
So basically the government is not filling their pockets and therefore they will join TTP because they will.
Thank God for disbanding this gang of thieves, looters. They should be put behind bars with Dr Afridi for their crimes. None comes in the way of Pakistan's interests.
Thanks God ... I sincerely hope that they don't retract their decision. They were worse than militants and an umbrella organization for kidnappers, looters and highway robbers, who would spare none. Because of them, southern peripheries of the Peshawar district have become the most lawless areas of the country, much more than the tribal areas. But I am sure they can't afford implementing their decision as the posture of being peacekeepers proved a shield for them against execution at the hands of law enforcing agencies while targeting people with the weapons and powers given to them by the government.