Peshawar, Pakistan, Nov 30, 2024 (AFP) - 13 more killed in Pakistan sectarian fighting

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2024-11-30

Sectarian feuding in northwest Pakistan killed 13 more people, a local government official said Saturday, as warring Sunnis and Shiites defied repeated ceasefire orders in recent conflict claiming 124 lives. Pakistan is a Sunni-majority country, but Kurram district -- in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the border with Afghanistan -- has a large Shiite population and the communities have clashed for decades. Fresh fighting broke out last Thursda......

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