2023 Kurram conflict

2023 District Kurram Parachinar conflict
Part of the War in North-West Pakistan and Sectarian violence in Pakistan

Map of 2023 Kurram District Conflict Zones
Date4 May 2023 – 13 July 2023
(2 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Location
Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Result

Ceasefire

  • Clashes extinguished by 13 July 2023, In all the five places where the clashes between the parties have stopped after the ceasefire.[1]
  • Rival tribes agree on a ceasefire for one year.[2]
Belligerents
Sunni Militants:
Local Sunni Tribesmen
Pakistani Taliban
Sipah-e-Sahaba
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi		 Shia Militants:
Local Shia Tribesmen
Liwa Zainabiyoun
Sipah-e Muhammad
Tehreek-e-Jafaria
Casualties and losses
21 killed 13 killed
34 killed
73 injured

The 2023 Kurram conflict (Pashto: د کرم جنګ) was a conflict that started as a land dispute which turned into a series of sectarian clashes that took place in the Kurram District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan near the Durand Line, from May to July 2023.

The conflict began on May 4, 2023, when a school shooting took place at a high school in Tari Mangal, killing seven people, including five teachers and two labors,[3] According to Deputy Commissioner Saiful Islam, the teacher who died in the initial attack was a Sunni Muslim, while those targeted in the subsequent shooting at the school were Shia Muslims, as reported by Reuters.[4] On July 7, 2023, the conflict turned into war when the clashes erupted between Shia and Sunni tribes in Boshera village after construction on disputed land. The clashes quickly spread to other parts of the district. The town of Parachinar was attacked by missiles from three sides for several days, in which many children were injured, while the town of Sada was also targeted by missiles from unknown places.[5][6][7][8]

The clashes resulted in the deaths of at least 13 people and the injuries of 74 others. The Pakistani government deployed troops to the area to try to restore order, and a one-year ceasefire was brokered with the help of a local jirga, and clashes end in all parts of the district on July 13, 2023.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rival tribes in Parachinar agree on ceasefire". Daily Times. 2023-07-14.
  2. ^ "Rival tribes in Pakistan agree 1-year truce after deadly clashes". La Prensa Latina Media. 2023-07-14.
  3. ^ Several teachers killed in Pakistan school shooting
  4. ^ Six Shi'ite, one Sunni Muslims killed in northwest Pakistan shootings
  5. ^ "7 die in clashes between two tribes in Pakistan's Kurram". ANI News. 2023-07-10.
  6. ^ "Army, FC called in as conflict in Kurram's Parachinar intensifies". GEO News. 2023-07-12.
  7. ^ "Violent conflict in Kurram". Business Recorder. 2023-07-14.
  8. ^ "Five killed, 30 injured over land dispute in Kurram". The News International. 2023-07-09.
  9. ^ "Kurram warring tribes strike one-year peace agreement". The Frontier Post. 2023-07-14.
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