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Strained neighbours: the impact of Afghanistan’s transition processes on conflict in Pakistan

Peace and conflict dynamics in Pakistan are deeply intertwined with events in Afghanistan.

Women at the forefront of the peacebuilding process

A small grant project in Maina village in Malakand, Pakistan, not only resolved a long-standing community conflict but also involved women in the peacebuilding process for the first time in the village. The project demonstrates the importance and ability of women's community participation

Conflict resolution through fair mediation

In Chitral, the largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, the unforgiving landscape and limited economy have left local communities feeling frustrated and prone to conflict. Local civil society organisations are bringing rival groups to resolve land and forest conflicts.

Building better relationships and improving infrastructure

A small grant project in Shangla district in Malakand, Pakistan was able to resolve a conflict affecting three villages by building better relationships between these communities and by improving an existing infrastructure project that had itself become a key conflict driver.

Drones in Pakistan relocating terrorists, not eliminating them

Promoting participatory approaches to peacebuilding

Pakistan’s north-western regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have emerged as key conflict zones.

Conflict and UK aid in Pakistan

Saferworld welcomes the International Development Committee’s inquiry into UK aid in Pakistan.

The Jirga: justice and conflict transformation

This report looks at the Jirga, a traditional gathering of elders that resolves grievances by consensus, and the role it can play in conflict transformation and resolution in the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, one of the most conflict-affected areas in Pakistan.

Pakistan

This briefing looks at the role that Jirga, a traditional gathering of elders that resolves grievances by consensus, can play in conflict transformation and resolution in the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), one of the most conflict-affected areas in Pakistan.