Pakistani officials say sectarian clashes have killed at least 130 people in the northwest during the last 10 days

The clashes between Alizai and Bagan tribes in the district started on November 22, after an attack on a convoy of passenger vans near Parachinar in which 47 people were killed a day earlier.

Violence has escalated in the region after gunmen opened fire on convoys carrying Shia pilgrims on November 21.

At least 130 killed in sectarian clashes in Pakistan’s northwest days after attack on Shia Muslims - Attack is one of deadliest incidents in sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shiites in Kurram

The death toll from sectarian violence in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province surged to 130, with at least six people killed and eight injured on Sunday, as clashes in the volatile Kurram district continued for the eleventh consecutive day.

The 10-day truce brokered last week has been rendered ineffective by intermittent violence. The clashes began after an attack on a convoy of passenger vans near Parachinar in which 57 people were kill

The clashes overnight between Sunni and Shiite tribes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province came a day after gunmen ambushed a convoy of vehicles in the area.

PESHAWAR : Sectarian feuding in northwest Pakistan killed 13 more people, a local government official said today, as warring Sunnis and Shi’ites defied repeated ceasefire orders in recent conflict claiming 124 lives.

The death toll of sectarian violence in Kurram district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province rose to 124,

Death toll in Khurram tribal sectarian violence rose to 124 with two more deaths on Saturday as a gunbattle continued between Shia and Sunni groups despite a ceasefire in Pakistan's northwestern Province Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. More than 170 people have been injured in the sectarian violence raging for the last last ten days, authorities said.

Over 80 people were killed and scores more injured in recent sectarian clashes in northwestern Pakistan. Experts say historic rivalries, extremist Islamist groups, and political marginalization are to blame.