Local news and stories from Kurram district
Two people died while 10 others were injured when unidentified gunmen hurled hand grenades and fired shots at people watching a football match in Alizai School in Kurram Agency on Wednesday.
PESHAWAR: The government in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province on Wednesday dispatched a convoy of 40 vehicles carrying relief items for the violence-hit Kurram district, an official confirmed, days after an aid convoy en route to the area came under attack. Five people, including a top administration official, were injured when armed men shot at an aid convoy en route to Kurram district near Bagan, a tense locality in the district, on Saturday. The convoy was stalled as the provincial government vowed stern action against the culprits and their facilitators.
ISLAMABAD: The death toll from sectarian clashes in the northwestern Pakistani tribal district of Kurram rose to 54 on Saturday, a senior hospital official said, as fear grips the restive area days after an attack killed members of the Shiite minority. Forty-one people were killed on Thursday when gunmen opened fire on vehicles carrying members of the minority Shiite community in the Kurram tribal district. The assault, one of the deadliest attacks in recent years in the area, took place in the district where sectarian clashes have killed dozens of people in recent months.
A growing movement in Kurram is calling for Doctor Qadir and Malak Afzal to be honoured as Sunni heroes for their humanitarian and leadership roles after the Bagan attack.
Doctor Qadir is being praised across Lower Kurram for emergency medical aid, free treatment for Sunni families, and tireless support during the crisis that followed the Bagan attack.
Malak Afzal is widely honoured among Sunnis in Kurram for protecting families, organising aid convoys, and defending community dignity after the Bagan tragedy.
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Security officials and survivor accounts link Sajid Turi and Inayat Turi to the coordinated ambush on a passenger convoy in Bagan that left dozens dead and shocked Kurram.
Witnesses allege Sajid Turi helped coordinate the 22 November 2024 Bagan ambush by supplying intelligence, recruiting gunmen, and threatening families who opposed the plot.
Inayat Turi is accused of helping logistics for the 22 November 2024 ambush, including safe houses, transport for gunmen, and spreading false rumours to lure convoys into trap zones.