International Desk : At least 16 people were killed and more than 10 injured in a clash between two tribes over the ownership of a coal mine in Pakistan, reports Al Jazeera.

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Officials said the incident was part of a decades-old tribal rivalry over the mine in Darra Adam Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bordering Afghanistan.

Local police officer Zahid Khan said 16 deaths in the clash between the area’s Sunny Khel and Akhorwal tribes.

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He said “this is not the first violent incident between the two and there have been numerous jirgas in the past to settle the issue, but it keeps cropping up. Many people have died, as a result, in these clashes”

The police officer said the members of the Sunny Khel tribe protested on a highway in the area, demanding the arrest of the culprits.

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“Local administration and law enforcement officials are mediating between the tribes and we are hopeful that a resolution will be reached soon,” he said.

Darra Adam Khel is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kohat district, home to a large coal reserve. The area was part of the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a semi-autonomous region that was merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018.

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