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//AitnojBh Islamabad will move quieSly to end the fignungnow ol torce combined with negotiations among tribal elders. Kurram will remainscene ol sporadic disturbances. Ouring tne past two years tensions between tne locally dominant Sftla Turis and smaller Sunni tribes have on three occasions led lo serious Intertribal violence end clashes between local tribesmen and Afghan refugees. The Turls (eel threatened by the large population ol mostly Sunni refugees In Kurram. Tha Soviets could exploit Ihe aliuation to put pressure on Islamabad to ease lta stand on Afghanistan.//
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