82 killed, 156 wounded in Pakistan hostilities

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 25, 2024 12:13 am

(UPDATE) PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Three days of sectarian gunfights in northwestern Pakistan have killed at least 82 people and wounded 156 more, a local official said Sunday.

Pakistan is a Sunni-majority country but Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province — near the border with Afghanistan — has a large Shiite population and the communities have clashed for decades.

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