Sectarian violence in northwest Pakistan claims 124 lives in 10 days
"There is a severe lack of trust between the two sides, and neither tribe is willing to comply with government orders to cease hostilities," a government official says.
Relatives gather at a hospital in Parachinar, Kurram district, Pakistan, to collect the body of a victim killed in an attack on vehicles, Friday, November 22, 2024. / Photo: AP
Sectarian feuding in northwest Pakistan has killed 13 more people, a local government official said Saturday, bringing the total death toll in a recent spasm of violence to 124.
Pakistan's Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the border with Afghanistan, has seen communities clash for decades.
Fresh fighting broke out last Thursday when two separate convoys of a community travelling under police escort were ambushed, killing more than 40 and sparking 10 days of battling with light and heavy weapons.
A Kurram local government official put the death toll at 124 on Saturday after 13 more people were killed in the past two days.
"There is a severe lack of trust between the two sides, and neither tribe is willing to comply with government orders to cease hostilities," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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