International Desk: At least 16 people have been killed and more than 10 injured in a clash between two tribes over the ownership of a coal mine in northwest Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Officials said the incident late on Monday was part of a decades-old tribal rivalry over the mine in Darra Adam Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bordering Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
Local police officer Zahid Khan confirmed 16 deaths in the clash between the area\u2019s Sunny Khel and Akhorwal tribes.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt least 11 members of the Sunny Khel tribe were killed whereas five members of Akhorwal tribe were buried last night,\u201d he told Al Jazeera on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tribes involved have agreed on a ceasefire and a jirga [tribal council meeting] was held to resolve the matter,\u201d Khan added.<\/p>\n
Jirga refers to a group of elders belonging to various tribes which is empowered to resolve intra-tribal rivalries and conflicts. It is often used in Pakistan\u2019s northwestern areas which are dominated by the ethnic Pashtun population.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not the first violent incident between the two and there have been numerous jirgas in the past to settle the issue, but it keeps cropping up. Many people have died, as a result, in these clashes,\u201d Khan said.<\/p>\n
The police officer said the members of the Sunny Khel tribe protested on a highway in the area, demanding the arrest of the culprits.<\/p>\n
\u201cLocal administration and law enforcement officials are mediating between the tribes and we are hopeful that a resolution will be reached soon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
International Desk: At least 16 people have been killed and more than 10 injured in a clash between two tribes over the ownership of a coal mine in northwest Pakistan. Officials said the incident late on Monday was part of a decades-old tribal rivalry over the mine in Darra Adam Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bordering Afghanistan. Local police officer Zahid Khan confirmed 16 deaths in the clash between the area’s Sunny Khel and Akhorwal tribes. “At least 11 members of the Sunny Khel tribe were killed whereas five<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31186,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31184\/revisions\/31186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}