<p> Peshawar, Nov 27 (PTI): At least 10 more people have been killed and 21 others injured as sporadic clashes continued between Sunni and Shia tribes despite a cease-fire brokered between the two warring communities in Pakistan's restive northwest, police said on Wednesday.</p><p> The latest violence took place on Tuesday in Kurram district, bordering Afghanistan, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.</p><p> At least 10 people died and 21 others injured in the sporadic tribal sectarian violence, police said.</p><p> "An agreement has been reached for an extension of the cease-fire for another 10 days," Deputy Commissioner of Kurram Javedullah Mehsud said.</p><p> The deputy commissioner stated that during the past week, 100 people have lost their lives, and 180 others have been injured in the clashes.</p><p> He further mentioned that all parties will vacate their positions starting tomorrow, adding that both police and army personnel will remain deployed in Kurram.</p><p> The clashes between Alizai and Bagan tribes in Kurram district started on Friday last week following Thursday's attack on a convoy of passenger vans near Parachinar in which 47 people were killed.</p><p> At least 37 people were killed and several others injured in the tribal sectarian violence over Friday and Saturday, police said. Nobody has claimed responsibility for Thursday's convoy attack.</p><p> A seven-day cease-fire was brokered between the Shia and Sunni communities on Sunday following meetings between a provincial government delegation and elders from both sects.</p><p> However, despite the cease-fire, sporadic clashes are continuing, police said.</p><p> There was sporadic fighting on Tuesday in Ghozaghari, Matasanagar and Kunj Alizai areas.</p><p> Kurram Deputy Commissioner Mehsud said that a grand jirga (tribal council) comprising elders from Hangu, Orakzai and Kohat districts will visit Kurram for fresh mediation to end hostilities.</p><p> Kohat division Commissioner will lead the peace delegation, he said.</p><p> Meanwhile, Dr Mir Hassan Khan, Superintendent of the Kurram district headquarters hospital, said the closure of roads leading to Parachinar following Thursday's attack has resulted in a shortage of medicines.</p><p> It is becoming difficult for doctors to treat people due to a shortage of medicines and “people are losing their lives”, he said.</p><p> Shiite Muslims make up about 15 per cent of the 240 million people in Sunni-majority Pakistan. Although the two groups generally live together peacefully, tensions remain, especially in Kurram.</p><p> Although the area has a history of sectarian conflict, with militant groups previously targeting the Shiite minority, the current violence is connected to a land dispute. PTI AYZ SCY GSP GSP</p><p><i>(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)</i></p>
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