The clashes — which began over the weekend in Kurram, a district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan — continued on Wednesday
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26 September, 2024, 06:55 pm
Ideal modified: 26 September, 2024, 07:01 pm
At least 25 of us were killed in days of clashes between armed Shiites and Sunni Muslims over a lingering land dispute in northwest Pakistan, officials talked about Wednesday (25 September).
The clashes — which began over the weekend in Kurram, a district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan — continued on Wednesday. Officers talked about dozens of of us from each facet were wounded since Saturday.
Kurram has been a scene of sectarian violence in most up-to-date years.
Authorities talked about they were attempting to forestall the land dispute from turning into sectarian violence in the restive northwest, where extremist groups from the 2 facets possess a staunch presence.
Barrister Saif Ali, a spokesman for the provincial executive, talked about authorities with the help of tribal elders were attempting to defuse tension and each facet had agreed to a end-fire following peace talks in Kurram.
Shiite Muslims constructing up about 15 p.c of the 240 million population of Sunni-majority Pakistan, which has a history of sectarian animosity between the 2 communities.
Even though each reside together largely peacefully in the country, tensions between them possess existed for decades in some areas, in particular in Kurram, where Shiites dominate in facets of the district.
Dozens of of us from the 2 facets were moreover killed over the an analogous dispute in July.
