KURRAM: At least 11 people were killed and eight injured, including women and children, in tribal clashes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district on Saturday.
Three people are critically injured in a shooting incident between rival tribes in the Kunj Alizai mountains near the Pak-Afghan border, a local official said.
Vehicles were targeted in different areas of the district, leading to more casualties, Kurram Deputy Commissioner Javedullah Khan told the Associated Press.
A total of nine injured were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital in Kurram, out of which one succumbed to the injuries while treatment of the rest was underway.
Pir Haider Ali Shah, a former lawmaker and member of a jirga, said elders had arrived in Kurram to mediate a peace agreement between the tribes. “The incident is unfortunate as jirga members were already present there for a peace agreement,” he said.
Last month, at least 46 people were killed in days of clashes, which erupted over a land dispute. However, the clashes stopped last month and the authorities also re-opened the Pak-Afghan border crossing at Kharlachi.