2007 Kurram Agency conflict
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The 2007 Kurram Agency conflict began on 6 April 2007 in Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan when a Sunni gunman on a Friday prayer held by Shia in Parachinar. It left more than 40 people dead and more than 150 people wounded .[3][4] 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.
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2007 Kurram Agency conflict | ||||||||
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Part of the War in North-West Pakistan and Sectarian violence in Pakistan | ||||||||
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Pakistani Government and local law enforcement |
Pakistani Taliban Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan Lashkar-e-Jhangvi | Local Shia militias |
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