Peshawar, Pakistan, Nov 24, 2024 (AFP) - Pakistan officials announce seven-day truce after deadly sectarian clashes

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2024-11-24

Pakistani officials announced a seven-day truce Sunday after days of bitter sectarian gunfights in the country's northwest Kurram district that have killed at least 82 people and wounded 156 more. "Both sides have agreed to a seven-day ceasefire, during which they will also exchange prisoners and return bodies to one another," the spokesperson for the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muhammad Ali Saif, said in a statement. la-sbh/st/......

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