THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 138, 5 March 1908, Page 7

THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

6 :... AN APPEAL FROM THE AFRIDIS. 1 , BAD CHARACTERS TO BE PUNISHED. BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.' Calcutta,.March-3. •! The whole of tho Afridi tribo has become responsible for tho future good behaviour; ofv tho Zakka Ivhels. They promise to pun-: ish bad characters, and appeal-to tho British not to complete the ruin of the Zaklia Khels; for the sins of a badly-behaved minority. ' j THE ZAKKA KHELS/ •. The Zakka Khel raids on the Peshawar and' Ivohat frontiers go to show, says tho " Pio-, ncer," how a comparatively.:.small seotion of. a tribe can dominato " the "rest,' if,' they are' only resolute enough. ; t The Zakkas live, mostly in the Bazar valley,; and - them 'and; tlie. British border aro other and-more power-; ful sections. The Afridis, as a whole, are opposed to all raiding now, as it imperils their! allowances from Government, but. they dare not apparently, check; the" well'ju-nied bands' of robbers on their rapid incursions. In one solitary instance in a "faid upon Jalozai was action taken against the Zakkns. Tho latter had made a big capture of transport mules; and these were intercepted and sent back to tlie military authoriHos.-riiwr.One.vronsoriS'why other sections are afraid of barring the pasJ sago of the raiders is .that the. latter murdered some head-men 'who gave ' information to the Khyber officials as to starting of a band on a predatory expedition. Since then even influential Jfaliks hesitato to move, though they would willingly _seo_-the...Zalckn Khel trouble effectively stamped out. -