Tribal elders backed by local authorities in restive northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday brokered a peace deal between minority Shiites and majority Sunni tribes, weeks after deadly clashes that killed at least 130 people, officials said.

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Elders in Pakistan broker a peace deal between Sunni and Shiite tribes after deadly clashes

Pakistani officials say tribal elders, backed by local authorities, have brokered a peace deal between minority Shiite and majority Sunni tribes in the restive northwest.

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Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say tribal elders, backed by local authorities, have brokered a peace deal between minority Shiite and majority Sunni tribes in the restive northwest.  The breakthrough on Wednesday comes weeks after clashes erupted between the two sides in the district of Kurram, killing 130 people. The violence flared in November, when gunmen ambushed a convoy of vehicles and killed 52 people, most…

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Residents gather along a road as smoke billows after twin blasts at a market in Parachinar, capital of Kurram district. — AFP/FileKOHAT: The two warring tribes in Kurram have finally struck a peace accord that would lead to the reopening of roads in the restive territory of...

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Pakistan secures peace deal in violence-torn district bordering Afghanistan

A decades-old land dispute in a district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa turned into a war between two communities. Roads remained blocked for several weeks, during which there were reports of shortage of food items and medicines in the district.

पाकिस्तान के खैबर पख्तूनख्वा के एक जिले में दशकों पुराने जमीन से जुड़ा झगड़ा, दो समुदायों में जंग की वजह बन गया था. कई हफ्तों तक सड़कें जाम रहीं, इस दौरान जिले में खाने की चीजों और दवाओं की कमी की भी खबरें आईं थीं.

प्राइवेट बंकर हटेंगे, हथियार होंगे जमा.... 133 मौतों और एक महीने की जंग के बाद पाकिस्तान के दो कबीलों में समझौता

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Private bunkers will be removed, weapons will be deposited... Agreement between two tribes of Pakistan after 133 deaths and one month of war

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Tribal elders backed by local authorities in restive northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday brokered a peace deal between minority Shiites and majority Sunni tribes, weeks after deadly clashes that killed at least 130 people, officials said. The violence had flared on Nov. 21, when gunmen ambushed a convoy of vehicles and killed 52 people, mostly Shiite Muslims. The argument was said to be over a land disute, at least initi…

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Barrister Saif says all sides have agreed to surrender their weapons and demolish their bunkers; says agreement will bring “new era of peace and development”.

Pakistan secures peace deal in violence-torn district bordering Afghanistan

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