Deputy Chief of Party

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The people of Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Pprovince have, for decades, shared many things with their Afghan neighbors, including culture, food, poetry and music with their Afghan neighbors. ButHowever, over for the last ten years, these neighbors citizens on both sides of the border have also shared little more than abject miserymisery long running and deeply imbedded insurgency which has led to displacement, loss of life and a further decline in what were already low living standards. suffered from militancy more than others in Pakistan mainly because of being in close proximity to Afghanistan - a country in war for nearly a decade. The Taliban-led militancy in almost all the tribal agencies and some areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa KP parts, particularly the Malakand Division, haved held the residents of the region hostage both literally and figuratively. for several years. As a result of to the mMilitary operations in the militancy-torn areas in FATA and KP during the last seven few years, however, have enabled the Pakistan government has could managed to regain some measure of control of in almost many all the areas previously held by the Taliban. -held areas. ButDespite these territorial gains, even in theose areas where Pakistan Government has manageding to regainreassert itself control, the Taliban still persist, threatening the local peoplecitizens with violence if they speak openly against them. The Taliban influence or horror, nonetheless, still persists in even the militants-cleared areas, as people do not feel free to openly speak of their hearts. They have in their mind that any word spoken in public against the Taliban could invite the militants' wrath, and consequently, they might lose their lives.

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