On 12 October, clashes between Shias and Sunnis in the Kurram district of Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa resulted in the deaths of 16 people, including three women and two children. Conflict between religious sects in Pakistan has been omnipresent throughout the country’s history but was exacerbated during the era of General Zia-ul-Haq, which […]
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