Peshawar, Pakistan, Jan 16, 2025 (AFP) - Pakistan convoy ambushed on supply mission to cut-off region

NAMPA / AFP
2025-01-16
Gunmen ambushed a Pakistan convoy taking vital supplies to a region besieged by sectarian fighting on Thursday, police said, despite a truce ordering warring tribes to lay down arms. The Kurram region of northwest Pakistan has been wracked by Sunni-Shiite violence for decades, but around 140 people have been killed since a fresh bout of fighting broke out in November. As feuding tribes have battled with machine guns and heavy weapons, the remote......
Restricted content

Latest NAMPA photos

SWAKOPMUND, 16 January 2025 - Head of Department at the Open Doors Education Centre (ODEC), Bernice Eixab. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 16 January 2025 - Head of Department at the Open Doors Education Centre (ODEC), Bernice Eixab. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

NAMPA
SWAKOPMUND, 16 January 2025 - Learners in a class at the ODEC School in Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 16 January 2025 - Learners in a class at the ODEC School in Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

NAMPA
KEETMANSHOOP, 16 January 2025 - The Homs Ai Community Market at Keetmanshoop. (Photo: Contributed)

KEETMANSHOOP, 16 January 2025 - The Homs Ai Community Market at Keetmanshoop. (Photo: Contributed)

NAMPA
MARIENTAL, 15 January 2025 - The Hardap Irrigation Scheme. (Photo: Contributed)

MARIENTAL, 15 January 2025 - The Hardap Irrigation Scheme. (Photo: Contributed)

NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 15 January 2025 - Scenes at the Electoral Court, after the 2024 National Assembly election challenge lodged by the IPC. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 15 January 2025 - Scenes at the Electoral Court, after the 2024 National Assembly election challenge lodged by the IPC. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 15 January 2025 - The Managing Director at Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower), Simson Haulofu together with the 2025 NamPower bursary scheme beneficiaries at the bursary award ceremony in Windhoek. (Photo: Justina Shuumbwa) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 15 January 2025 - The Managing Director at Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower), Simson Haulofu together with the 2025 NamPower bursary scheme beneficiaries at the bursary award ceremony in Windhoek. (Photo: Justina Shuumbwa) NAMPA

NAMPA
SWAKOPMUND, 15 January 2025 - Swakopmund Circuit Inspector Chris Eixab. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 15 January 2025 - Swakopmund Circuit Inspector Chris Eixab. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

NAMPA
NKURENKURU, 01 November 2024 - A women is examined at the Osaat clinic in Bunya village in the Kavango West Region. (Photo: Contributed)

NKURENKURU, 01 November 2024 - A women is examined at the Osaat clinic in Bunya village in the Kavango West Region. (Photo: Contributed)

NAMPA