Security gaps, lack of services expose governance failures in Tirah Valley

KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA:

The deteriorating situation in Tirah Valley has highlighted deep-rooted governance failures, with security officials pointing to the absence of basic services, weak administration and limited law enforcement as key challenges in the remote region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Officials of the Frontier Corps said the vacuum created by poor governance has been exploited by extremist and criminal groups, including Fitna-al-Khawarij, which they accused of promoting instability and financing activities through drug trafficking and extortion.

Inspector General Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa North said the province shares a 1,224-kilometre-long border with Afghanistan, of which around 717 kilometres fall under the responsibility of the FC. He said the terrain includes snow-cove