8 Killed in Pakistan Shootings, Including 6 Teachers

In recent months, the Taliban have increased their attacks on the police and military targets in the country’s northwest. The Pakistani Taliban has also attacked schools, killing 145 people — including 132 schoolchildren — at one in Peshawar in 2014.

After the shootings on Thursday, the government postponed of the region’s upcoming school exams. Local hospitals began operating under emergency conditions, and all roads leading to Kurram were cordoned off, officials said.

The region has a history of sectarian violence and Shiites have often been targeted. A suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Parachinar, a town in the Kurram district, killed 24 people in 2017 and injured more than 70 others.

President Arif Alvi of Pakistan condemned the killing of the teaching staff. According to a statement from his office, Mr. Alvi expressed the hope that the perpetrators would be apprehended and punished in accordance with the law.

Experts said that, so far, details of the attacks suggest they were part of a longstanding tribal rivalry that has sectarian dimensions.