Kurram Agency War April 2007

The Kurram Agency War began on 6 April 2007 in Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan when a sunni gunman fired on a Friday prayer held by shia in Parachinar. It left more than 40 people dead and more than 150 people wounded . Tension had been brewing in the area adjacent to the Afghan border since April 1 when the sectarian group Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat taking part in Mawlid (prophet Muhammad's birthday) when some of Sunni people having guns shot the Shia people.

On Friday, 6 April 17 RabiulAwal, a Sunni gunman fired on a procession (EideMilad u Nabi) held by Shia in Parachinar. An ambulance was also attacked by sunni Taliban terrorists in the city in which three people, including the organiser of the Haideri Blood Bank, Inayat Hussain were wounded. Hospital sources said that three bodies and 18 wounded people had been brought to the agency headquarters hospital. Hundreds of sunnis were killed by Shia. Locals said the number of casualties might increase as both sides were using heavy weapons. Akber Khan Road's Markets,which was full of Taliban forces fighting against Shia, although houses and shops were set ablaze after a big fight by Shia who came from nearest villages resulting in millions of rupees losses. the aim was to flush the sunni people from the city Wichita is evident as now only few people of sunni sect left there and no poetry is owned by them from Parachinar and surroundings..

The political administration of the Kurram Agency imposed a curfew and additional army troops were called out to stop acts of lawlessness in the area. A jirga of elders was being convened to broker a ceasefire between the two groups.

The army took control of Parachinar on Saturday after overnight heavy gun battles between two sectarian groups. Fierce clashes continued in other parts of the Kurram Agency.Cobra helicopters targeted suspected locations in and around the town to dislodge combatants from their positions. The army and paramilitary forces, backed by armoured personnel carriers, entered Parachinar and secured positions at around 11 am.

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