07 July 2004	Wednesday	18 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425

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WANA, July 6: The Ahmadzai Wazir tribe on Tuesday sent 120 volunteers to the rugged Shakai area in South Waziristan to live in houses of two wanted tribal militants until they agree to surrender to the government.

The Ahmadzai elders had decided that the volunteers would stay at the residences of Mohammad Javed and Maulvi Abbas according to the tribal traditions unless they gave in unconditionally.

The decision was taken after a 300-strong volunteer force failed to catch the wanted militants. So far, the militants have refused to surrender. During their stay at the militants' houses, the volunteers would be provided with food and other facilities by their families.

According to the tribal traditions, if a wanted person refuses to surrender to the government the fellow tribesmen deploy volunteers at his residence to cripple him financially. An elder said that the action had been taken as a last-ditch effort to force the wanted militants to surrender.