Kurram death toll rises to 73 as sporadic clashes continue
5 days ago · KURRAM: Officials on Monday said the death toll from the recent violence that has plagued the restive Kurram tribal district had risen to 73, amid a tenuous ceasefire that is interrupted by ...
Warring tribes in northwest Pakistan agree to a cease-fire after ...
6 days ago · PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Shiite and Sunni Muslim tribes in Pakistan’s northwest have agreed to a cease-fire, a government spokesman said Sunday, days after 42 Shiites were killed in an ambush.. The attack on the convoy last Thursday in Kurram district triggered retaliatory attacks and rampages that killed dozens more people from both communities.
Dozens killed as sectarian violence flares up in Pakistan’s Kurram ...
Nov 23, 2024 · At least 32 people have been killed and dozens wounded in renewed fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslim groups in northwestern Pakistan, officials say. The violence overnight on Saturday was the...
Pakistani city mourns 42 Shiite Muslims who ... - Associated Press News
Nov 22, 2024 · Thursday’s attack took place in Kurram, an area where Shiite Muslims dominate. Sectarian clashes between the group and Pakistan’s majority Sunni Muslims have killed dozens of people in recent months. Tribal elder Jalal Bangash said the bodies began arriving in the city Thursday evening.
Fresh tribal clash in Kurram District Leaves 18 Dead, 30 Injured
Express News November 23, 2024. facebook twitter whatsup linkded email. ... In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kurram district, tribal clashes have resulted in at least 18 fatalities and left 30 others wounded.
At Least 38 Killed as Gunmen Ambush Shiite Convoys in Pakistan
Nov 21, 2024 · At least 38 people, most of them Shiite Muslims, were killed in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday as gunmen ambushed convoys of vehicles that had been under the protection of security forces. The...
Kurram clashes: How a Pakistani land dispute led to a deadly tribal ...
Aug 2, 2024 · Islamabad, Pakistan – After weeklong clashes between rival tribes in Pakistan’s district of Kurram, killing at least 46 people and injuring nearly 200, fighting has now halted, following a...
Why sectarian tensions continue to simmer in Pakistan’s Kurram …
Nov 12, 2024 · Islamabad, Pakistan – Long-running sectarian tensions in Pakistan’s Kurram region have exploded again, with more than 70 people killed over the past four days in the tribal district bordering...
25 people killed in days of clashes between ... - Associated Press News
Sep 26, 2024 · The clashes — which started over the weekend in Kurram, a district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan — continued on Wednesday. Officials said dozens of people from both sides have been wounded since Saturday.
In a Region of Majestic Beauty, Sunnis and Shiites Wage Bloody War
Oct 25, 2024 · Pakistani Sunnis in areas near Kurram harbored fleeing Taliban and Qaeda militants, but the Shiites of Kurram did not, which earned them the enmity of those groups.
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