Authorities in Pakistan reported Monday that armed clashes between rival Sunni and Shiite Muslim tribes in a northwestern district bordering the border with Afghanistan have resulted in at least 133 deaths within the past two weeks.

Sectarian violence has killed at least 130 people and wounded 200 others in Pakistan’s northwest in the last 10 days, officials said Sunday.

The clashes overnight between Sunni and Shiite tribes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province came a day after gunmen ambushed a convoy of vehicles in the area.

PESHAWAR : Sectarian feuding in northwest Pakistan killed 13 more people, a local government official said today, as warring Sunnis and Shi’ites defied repeated ceasefire orders in recent conflict claiming 124 lives.

Over 80 people were killed and scores more injured in recent sectarian clashes in northwestern Pakistan. Experts say historic rivalries, extremist Islamist groups, and political marginalization are to blame.

Sectarian violence in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province increased the death toll to 130 people amid continuous clashes in Kurram district, despite a ceasefire agreement. Violence has led to road closures,

The death toll in Pakistan's Kurram district rose to 90 on Thursday (28 November) as fresh skirmishes claimed 12 more lives and left 18 injured. Gunfire erupted in both upper and lower regions of the district, according to local officials. The ongoing violence has persisted despite a ceasefire, with clashes continuing for over a week.

The 10-day truce brokered last week has been rendered ineffective by intermittent violence. The clashes began after an attack on a convoy of passenger vans near Parachinar in which 57 people were kill