A new truce agreement has been reached between feuding Sunni and Shi'ite communities in Pakistan's northwestern region of Kurram, where more than 100 people were killed and dozens more injured in a new bout of sectarian violence, local officials said.
Authorities said late on November 27 that government troops will be deployed in key locations in Kurram, a remote tribal district in the volatile Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, to ensure the cease-fire.
"Negotiations will continue to ensure lasting peace," the provincial minister's office said in a statement.
It also pledged to pay compensations to the victims' families.
The violence erupted on November 21 when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a convoy of some 200 passenger vehicles carrying Shi'a traveling through Kurram's Parachinar area.
SEE ALSO: What Is Behind The Deadly Sectarian Violence In Pakistan?Dozens of people, including women and children, were killed in the attack, which triggered a week of clashes between the two communities.
Regional officials brokered a seven-day truce on November 24, but it did not hold.
Most of Pakistan's some 250 million people are Sunni Muslims. But Kurram has a large Shi'ite population, and the two communities have clashed for decades. More than 200 people have been killed since July, alone.
Sectarian violence in the region is often linked to land disputes.