Tribesmen bring coffins to Peshawar to protest

Published January 16, 2013
Villagers from the Bara gather around the dead bodies of their relatives during a protest in provincial capital Peshawar on January 16, 2013.  – Photo by AFP
Villagers from the Bara gather around the dead bodies of their relatives during a protest in provincial capital Peshawar on January 16, 2013. – Photo by AFP
Pakistani villagers from the northwest mourn as they gather around the dead bodies of their relatives during a protest in provincial capital Peshawar on January 16, 2013. – Photo by AFP
Pakistani villagers from the northwest mourn as they gather around the dead bodies of their relatives during a protest in provincial capital Peshawar on January 16, 2013. – Photo by AFP
Villagers from Bara carry the body of their relative during a protest in provincial capital Peshawar on January 16, 2013. – Photo by AFP
Villagers from Bara carry the body of their relative during a protest in provincial capital Peshawar on January 16, 2013. – Photo by AFP
Villagers from northwest Pakistan carry placards during a protest in Peshawar on January 16, 2013. – Photo by AFP
Villagers from northwest Pakistan carry placards during a protest in Peshawar on January 16, 2013. – Photo by AFP
A villager from the northwest mourns the death of a relative during a protest in the provincial capital Peshawar on January 16, 2013. – Photo by AFP
A villager from the northwest mourns the death of a relative during a protest in the provincial capital Peshawar on January 16, 2013. – Photo by AFP
Army soldiers stand guard during a protest by villagers from the northwest in the provincial capital Peshawar on January 16, 2013. – Photo by AFP
Army soldiers stand guard during a protest by villagers from the northwest in the provincial capital Peshawar on January 16, 2013. – Photo by AFP
Pakistani villagers from the Kyhber Agency gather around the dead bodies of their relatives during a protest in provincial capital Peshawar on January 16, 2013.   Demonstrators said gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed homes in Bara Tehsil in Khyber Agency, some 30 kilometers from Peshawar and shot 18 villagers dead in an overnight raid.   – Photo by AFP
Pakistani villagers from the Kyhber Agency gather around the dead bodies of their relatives during a protest in provincial capital Peshawar on January 16, 2013. Demonstrators said gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed homes in Bara Tehsil in Khyber Agency, some 30 kilometers from Peshawar and shot 18 villagers dead in an overnight raid. – Photo by AFP

Tribesmen from Khyber tribal region were staging a sit-in protest on Wednesday in front of the Governor House in Peshawar, carrying the coffins of 15 relatives found dead in the tribal region’s Bara tehsil the previous night. - Photos by AFP

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