 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has declared Shia to be "American agents" and the "near enemy" in global jihad.An example of an early Shia–Sunni "fitna" shootout occurred in Kurram, one of the tribal agencies of the Northwest Pakistan, where the Pushtun population was split between Sunnis and Shia.In September 1996 more than 200 people were killed when a gun battle between teenage Shia and Sunni escalated into a communal war that lasted five days.