Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dec. 14 -- The worsening conditions in Tirah Valley have exposed significant failures in Pakistani governance, with security officials citing the lack of basic services, ineffective administration, and insufficient law enforcement as major issues in this remote area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as reported by The Express Tribune (TET).

Frontier Corps officials indicated that the void caused by inadequate governance has been taken advantage of by extremist and criminal organisations, including Fitna-al-Khawarij, which they claim fosters instability and finances their actions through drug trafficking and extortion.

The Inspector General of the Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa North mentioned that the province has a 1,224-ki...