Afghanistan lay to the northwest, with the tribal agencies forming a buffer zone.

In the tribal agencies, government authority frequently ends a few feet from the road.

It is employed on the lines between the tribal agencies and settled districts.

He has also worked as a biologist for state, federal, and tribal agencies.

These and other issues are concerns of other federal, tribal, state or local agencies.

Some locals in the tribal agencies demanded those who carried out the attack to be handed over to Pakistan.

The Commission is the only federal agency focused solely on the regulation of gambling, though it has many counterpart state and tribal regulatory agencies.

A striking number say they would put their pin in Bajaur, the tribal agency located farthest to the north.

Sometimes problems seem like something we would handle, but may actually be the responsibility of other federal, tribal, state or local agencies.

Some issues are primarily concerns of other federal, tribal, state or local agencies.