151 people have been injured in the clashes,
Kurram(Special Correspondent);Death Toll Hits 35 in Kurram Tribal Land Feud Clashes, The death toll has risen to 35 in the Kurram tribal land feud clashes, which have entered their fifth day, In addition to the 35 deaths, 151 people have been injured in the clashes. The clashes have taken on a sectarian dimension, with the Sunni Muslim Madagi tribe and the Shia Mali Khel tribe involved.
-The clashes started with a land dispute between the two tribes, but have since escalated into sectarian violence government and local leaders are attempting to halt the fighting through jirgas (tribal councils), but have not yet succeeded.
The government and local leaders are attempting to halt the fighting through jirgas (tribal councils), but have not yet succeeded,” he said. However, they can be particularly protracted and violent in the mountainous northwestern region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where communities abide by traditional tribal honour codes.
A senior government official from Kurram district, who asked to remain anonymous, also gave a death toll of 35 but said 151 more people had been wounded. “All attempts to resolve the conflict have failed,” he said.
A police source, who asked not to be identified, said both sides were using automatic weapons and mortars in fighting focussed around the town of Parachinar, which had been blockaded by law enforcement. “The area is still witnessing clashes involving the use of both small and large weapons,” the senior Kurram district official said.
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Traffic on the main roads also remained suspended due to the continuing firing. Kurram is part of the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas, a semi-autonomous area that was merged with KP in 2018.
The move brought the region into the legal and administrative mainstream, although police and security forces frequently struggle to enforce the rule of law there.
Security forces are present in the area, but have been unable to stop the clashes have affected civilians, with many forced to flee their homes a peace Jirga from Hangu and Orakzai arrived in the area to negotiate with the elders of both parties for a ceasefire, but these efforts failed.
