Peshawar, Pakistan, Nov 24, 2024 (AFP) - Truce called after 82 killed in Pakistan 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. Pakistan is a Sunni-majority country, but Kurram -- in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the border with Afghanistan -- has a large Shiite population and the communities have clashed for decades. "Both sides have agreed to a seven-day ceasefire, during......

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