PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — Rival Sunni and Shiite communities in a Pakistani region close to the Afghan border have agreed to end a four-year conflict that claimed hundreds of lives, officials said Wednesday.
Taliban militants have reportedly aided the Sunni sect in Kurram region, where the agreement was reached. Tribesmen have also reported that an Afghan militant group blamed for attacks in Afghanistan had cut a deal with the Shiites so they could use Kurram as a staging ground.
It was unclear how the agreement would affect those dynamics. A local Pakistani Taliban commander said he welcomed the deal, but was not involved. He said his fighters would help enforce it — a …
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