For more than three and a half months, more than 100 villages in Upper and Lower Kurram, including Parachinar’s district headquarters, have been under siege.
The area has been extremely tense, especially since an attack on a convoy on November 21, 2024, that killed 50 people, including women and children, while it was going from Peshawar to Parachinar.
The key roadway to Parachinar is still closed in spite of peace agreements, making it impossible to deliver necessities like food.
The long and porous border with Afghanistan, which has turned into a hotbed for instability, is blamed by local elders for the continuous unrest. Some people think that in order to resolve the conflict, both parties must accept reconciliation and put aside past transgressions.
