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Gunmen ambush Pakistani aid convoy despite sectarian truce

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Several officials were wounded in today’s violence, which came three days after a ceasefire was announced.

PESHAWAR: Gunmen ambushed a Pakistan convoy travelling to bring aid to a region besieged by sectarian fighting today, local government said, wounding several officials despite a ceasefire announced three days ago.

The Kurram region of northwest Pakistan has been wracked by Sunni-Shi’ite violence for decades, but around 200 people have been killed since a fresh bout of fighting broke out in November.

As feuding tribes have battled with machine guns and heavy weapons, the remote and mountainous region bordering Afghanistan has been largely cut off from the outside world.

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