Open ArticleFear grips Pakistan’s Kurram district as 50 killed in cold bloodBy Trans Asia NewsSouth Asia Fear gripped Pakistan’s northwestern Kurram district on Friday as the death toll from two terror attacks rose to 50, with authorities imposing a curfew and suspending mobile phone services in the remote region
Open ArticleWhy sectarian tensions continue to simmer in Pakistan’s Kurram districtBy Trans Asia MonitoringView PointA picturesque mountainous region in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Kurram has been plagued by tensions since late July, when a land dispute between Shia and Sunni tribes resulted in at least 46 deaths.