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• Description: On December 12, 2013, in Ghor Province, Afghanistan, the Ghor Provincial Government mediated a peace agreement between two feuding groups within the Taimani Ha tribe. What began with a series of attacks on prominent leaders of both sides in 1984 quickly escalated into pitched battles and displacement of countless innocent residents within Chaghcharan district. The conflict between these groups had raged on for 30 years and while there were occasional calls for calm, neither side was able to come to the table and negotiate a peaceful end. To address these types of conflicts, the SIKA-West program, in collaboration with the Ghor Provincial Government, established a Tribal Conflict Resolution Committee (TCRC). Made up of leading provincial government officials and tribal leaders, the TCRC engaged with the two groups over an 8 day period, with both sides finally submitting to the will of the government and signing a lasting peace agreement. The terms of the agreement included a) Immediate opening of all roads within Chaghcharan District b) Forbidding armed members of either tribe from travelling in the other’s territory c) Forbidding illegal taxation of district residents d) Allowing the immediate return of all displaced district residents. The photograph reflects leaders of both groups publicly embracing to reflect their peace agreement.

Credit: SIKA-West Afghanistan

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