Posted on 05/16/2007 6:56:17 PM PDT by Flavius
PARACHINAR: Tension gripped Kurram Agency on Wednesday as the Pakistan Army sent reinforcements to the Pak-Afghan border following reports that the Afghan National Army had deployed in significant numbers on the Durand Line along with extra artillery and mortar guns.
The situation became even more serious in the evening when the political administration decided to make announcements from mosques and through vehicles fitted with loudspeakers about the possibility of outbreak of firing on the Pak-Afghan border. It advised the people not to become scared due to intense firing because this would be due to the situation on the border and on account of external factors. It said the firing should not be construed as a new outbreak of violence due to any internal conflict.
The authorities said the announcements were made to prevent eruption of a new round of sectarian violence. Recent sectarian strife in Kurram Agency had led to the killing of more than 70 people from the Sunni and Shia sects.
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Karzai needs to Nip This quick
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