Pakistanis along Afghan border stuck between militants, military

ISLAMABAD - "We don't need development. ... We want to live in peace," a frustrated Abdul Khaliq told VOA over the phone.

Khaliq is a resident of Pakistan's tribal district Kurram, where locals held a consultative gathering, or jirga, earlier this month to discuss rising insecurity. The gathering was part of a recent wave of jirgas in Pakistani areas close to Afghanistan, where locals say they are caught between