PESHAWAR: Deadly tribal clashes have continued in Pakistan’s north-western Kurram district in spite of a tentative ceasefire struck late last week, local officials said, with the death toll now over 130 as authorities try to broker a solution.

It is noteworthy that, on November 21, an armed attack in the Mandori Uchit area of Lower Kurram on a convoy of passenger vehicles from Parachinar had claimed the lives of 52 people. The incident had sparked a series of clashes and shootings in the areas of Sangeena, Sadda, Balishkhel, Kharkali, Maqbal, Kunj Alizai, Bagan and Alizai.

Sectarian violence in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province increased the death toll to 130 people amid continuous clashes in Kurram district, despite a ceasefire agreement. Violence has led to road closures,

Six more people lost their lives, while eight others sustained injuries in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kurram District, police said on Sunday, as tribal clashes entered their 11th consecutive day

Sectarian violence between Sunni and Shia communities in Pakistan's northwestern Kurram district has left over 130 dead, Wajid Hussain, a district administration official, said. The conflict reignited last month after an attack on a passenger convoy near Parachinar killed 47 people.

Clashes between Alizai and Bagan tribes in the district started on November 22,after an attack on a convoy of passenger vans near Parachinar.