Truce called after 82 killed in Pakistan sectarian clashes
George Mihalcea
PESHWAR: Pakistani officials announced a seven-day truce Sunday (Nov 24) after days of bitter sectarian gunfights in the country's northwest Kurram district that have killed at least 82 people and wounded 156 more. Pakistan is a Sunni-majority country, but Kurram - in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the border with Afghanistan - has a large Shiite population and the communities have clashed for decades. "Both sides have agreed to a seven-day ceasefire, during which they will also exchange
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