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Pakistan: Eight killed as tribes clash in northwest
2009-06-27

[ADN Kronos] At least eight people were killed in continuing clashes in northwest Pakistan between rival factions in the Kurram Agency tribal area on Thursday. Local people said fresh clashes in the Baleshkhel area left eight people dead and several others injured.

The two tribes targeted each other's positions with heavy weapons, including mortars, rockets and Kalashnikovs.

Local tribal elders meanwhile, expressed concern over what they called the lukewarm attitude of the government, saying it had failed to resolve the issue.

A member of Pakistan's national assembly from Kurram Agency, Sajid Tori, has appealed to the government and tribal chieftans to help put an end to the clashes.

At least seven people died in clashes on Wednesday and scores have been killed since hostilities began in mid-June.
Posted by:Fred

#3  No. It just sounds one of those inter-tribal feuds.
Posted by: Pappy   2009-06-27 11:33  

#2  It's clearly too early in the morning for me to try to think. Could you explain that, newc?
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-06-27 09:10  

#1  Would this have anything to do with Al Q and the dissaffection they now have for the foreign law being forced upon them?

Something to gander.
Posted by: newc   2009-06-27 00:29  

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