At least 30 children die from drug shortages in Pakistan after sectarian violence

Key roads closed in Kurram, a hotbed of sectarian violence between Shia and Sunni Muslims for decades

At least 30 children have died in Kurram in north-west Pakistan due to drug shortages after the regional government closed key roads in and out of the district in an attempt to quell an outbreak of deadly sectarian violence.

Kurram, which borders Afghanistan in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakthunkwa region, has been a hotbed of sectarian violence between Shia and Sunni Muslims for decades, but since July disputes over farmland have escalated.