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☆ Pakistan strikes seven-day ceasefire deal between warring sectarian groups
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Pakistani government team mediated a seven-day ceasefire deal between rival sectarian groups on Sunday, halting days of clashes that have killed at least 68 people and injured dozens in the northwest of the country, one of the mediators said. The violence began when gunmen attacked convoys of civilian vehicles on Thursday, killing at least 40 people, mostly Shiite Muslims. That brought retaliatory attacks against Sunni Muslim residents, and there have been pitched battles between armed groups from both sides. Armed Shiite and Sunni Muslims have engaged in tribal and sectarian rivalry for decades over a land dispute in Kurram district near the Afghanistan border. Saif said news of the ceasefire should also halt smaller skirmishes that had been reported in remote areas of the district.

Persons: ” Muhammad Ali Saif, Saif, Akhtar Hayat Gandapur Organizations: Reuters Locations: PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Kurram, Afghanistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Parachinar, Kurram’s

☆ Pakistan government mediators seek ceasefire as 68 killed in sectarian violence
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Government officials met with tribal leaders in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday to try to mediate a ceasefire between rival sectarian groups after days of clashes that have killed at least 68 people and injured dozens. The clashes started after gunmen attacked convoys of civilian vehicles on Thursday, killing at least 40, mostly Shi’ite Muslims. That sparked retaliatory attacks against Sunni residents and there have been pitched battles between armed groups from both sides. Armed Shi’ite and Sunni Muslims have engaged in tribal and sectarian rivalry for decades over a land dispute in Kurram district near the Afghanistan border. The delegation met with Shi’ite leaders and stayed overnight to meet with Sunni leaders on Sunday to try to broker a ceasefire deal and then move to resolve the matter, he said in a statement.

Persons: Shi’ite, Muhammad Ali Saif, ” Locations: Pakistan, Kurram, Afghanistan, —, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

☆ At least 42 killed as gunmen open fire on vehicles carrying Shiites in northwest Pakistan
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The attack happened in Kurram, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where sectarian clashes between majority Sunni Muslims and minority Shiites have killed dozens of people in recent months. “I think other people were also firing at the convoy of vehicles from nearby open farm field,” he said. Ibne Ali Bangash, a relative of one of the victims, described the convoy attack as the saddest day in Kurram’s history. Dozens of people from both sides have been killed since July when a land dispute erupted in Kurram that later turned into general sectarian violence. Pakistan is tackling violence in the northwest and southwest, where militants and separatists often target police, troops and civilians.

Persons: Azmat Ali, Aftab Alam, Mohsin Naqvi, Shehbaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari, Sharif, Mir Hussain, ”, “, Ibne Ali Bangash, Dilawar Hussain Organizations: Pakistan AP — Gunmen, Local, ”, Shop, Parachinar, Taliban, Baloch Liberation Army Locations: Peshawar, Pakistan, Pakistan’s restive, Kurram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Parachinar, Kurram district, Pakistan's, Balochistan

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