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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Riaz Khan

Pakistani air ambulance delivers medicines to violence-hit district as roads remain closed

Pakistan Violence - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A Pakistani charity used an air ambulance on Tuesday to deliver medicines to a northwestern region where a doctor said 29 children had died in the past two months because life-saving supplies couldn't get through roadblocks following sectarian clashes.

Air ambulances are rarely used in Pakistan but the violence in Kurram district has led to road closures and the deaths of at least 130 people.

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