Boy killed as rivals trade fire in Bannu
National
April 22, 2021
BANNU: A teenager was killed and four other persons, including two passers-by sustained injuries when two rival groups traded fire in Akhundkhel area in the limits of Miryan Police Station on Wednesday.
Eyewitnesses said that two rival parties came across during the funeral prayers Akhundkhel area, who resorted to firing at each other.
They said that a 13-year old boy Waliuallah was killed on the spot while four others, including two passers-by sustained injuries in the firing.
The injured included former nazim Aslam, Farooq Khan, Younas Khan and Zaidullah.
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Iraq brokers talks between rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia
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Middle East rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran are holding talks secretly in Baghdad, according to an Iraqi government official told
AFP.
The official-level meetings aim to restore relations severed five years ago between the two states.
The initiative comes at a time of shifting power dynamics, as US President Joe Biden is seeking to revive the tattered 2015 nuclear deal that was abandoned by Donald Trump.
Riyadh has officially denied the talks in its state media while Tehran has stayed mum, asserting only that it has always welcomed dialogue with Saudi Arabia.