Dozens killed in Pakistan sectarian attacks

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Dozens ******* in Pakistan sectarian attacks

More than 80 people have been ******* in renewed sectarian ********* in north-west Pakistan, officials say.

Another156 are said to have been wounded in three days of fighting in the tribal district of Kurram, near the Afghan border.

The ********* began on Thursday, when

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travelling through the area under police *******. More than 40 ***** in that incident, which triggered revenge attacks.

Shia and Sunni Muslims have engaged in tribal and sectarian rivalries over land disputes for decades.

On Sunday a local administration official told AFP news agency: “The clashes and convoy attacks on November 21, 22, and 23 have resulted in 82 fatalities and 156 injuries.”

Speaking on condition of anonymity, he said that 16 of the ***** were Sunni and 66 belonged to the Shia community.

Those ******* in Thursday’s attacks on convoys included women and children. Passenger Saeeda Bano described to BBC Urdu how she feared she would be ******* as she hid under the car seats with her children.

Hundreds of residents fled amid escalating ********* Friday and on Saturday.

It comes after dozens of people ***** in attacks over the past few months, prompting calls for a ceasefire from a tribal council.

On Saturday provincial officials began talks with both Shia and Sunni community leaders, AFP reported.

A security official in the provincial capital Peshawar told AFP that the negotiators’ helicopter had come under ***** as it arrived in the region.

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