BANNU, Nov 1: A jirga of Ahmadzai Wazir tribe of Domel town and adjoining areas has told the local Taliban to close their offices and stop their activities in the area by Nov 12.

At its meeting in Domel on Thursday, the jirga urged local people to stop giving donations to the Taliban.

It decided that an armed force would be raised after the deadline to control the law and order situation and work for maintaining peace.

The meeting observed that the Taliban had violated an earlier agreement with local people and declared that they should pay a fine of Rs1 million. It decided that anyone providing space for Taliban’s office or giving them donation would be fined Rs500,000. “We will not take the law into our hands, rather we will abide by Islamic injunctions,” the participants said.

The jirga constituted a committee to select volunteers for the force and ensure that the Taliban closed their office by the deadline.