Snow, Militancy, and the Cost of Incompetence in Tirah Valley
High in the mountains of Tirah Valley, in District Khyber of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, snow blankets the landscape like an unyielding shroud. For centuries, communities here adapted to brutal winters by migrating seasonally to Peshawar, Kohat, and Hangu when roads became impassable. Today, however, the challenge facing residents is not nature alone — it is governance…