2007 Kurram Agency conflict

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2007 Kurram Agency conflict
Part of the War in North-West Pakistan and Sectarian violence in Pakistan
Date 6 April – 13 April 2007 (1 week) Location Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan Result Clashes extinguish by 13 April 2007, however Shia militias claimed victory and asked the Pakistan Army to overtake captured areas from the terrorists.[1] The army regains lands, Shia militias victory[citation needed] Pakistani Taliban and their allies experience heavy losses[2]
Belligerents
Pakistani Government and local law enforcement	Pakistani Taliban Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan Lashkar-e-Jhangvi	Local Shia militias

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.