Ceasefire reached in Pakistan's Kurram after days of clashes

Ceasefire reached in Kurram district after 130 killed in clashes between Alizai and Bagan tribes in Pakistan.

A ceasefire agreement has been reached between two warring tribes in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province following days of clashes between them that killed 130 people in the volatile Kurram district.

Deputy Commissioner Kurram Javedullah Mehsud confirmed on Sunday (December 1, 2024) that peace has been established across the conflict zones in the restive Kurram district.

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. Several passengers who had sustained grave injuries succumbed later, raising the toll in the convoy killing to 57.

The death toll from the violence 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 district administration finally succeeded in arranging a lasting ceasefire on Sunday between two warring tribes engaged in a lethal gunfight, Mr. Mehsud said.

In the statement, the Deputy Commissioner on Sunday (December 1, 2024) said that the jirga (council of the tribal leaders) would speak to elders to reopen roads and sign a peace agreement.

Armed tribesmen were removed from the firing posts while police and forces have been deployed in the region, Mr. Mehsud said.