Fresh reinforcements reached the headquarters of Kurram Agency on Tuesday to help contain sectarian violence as a curfew in Parachinar city continued on the fifth day, officials and residents said. Fresh army troops and paramilitary soldiers were seen heading towards the main bazaar as violence continued in surrounding areas of Parachinar, witnesses told Daily Times. The official death toll from the clashes since April 6 has reached 25, while the unofficial toll is as high as 80. The political administration is using the traditional jirga system to broker a ceasefire. The jirgas are showing results at some places only. A doctor who was given permission to go out in the curfew said that private property has been badly damaged in Parachinar bazaar. “Shops have been burnt and no one knows which side has suffered most. Both sects have tried to inflict maximum damage on the other,” said the doctor, asking not to be named. People trying to bring wounded relatives to Peshawar are facing problem because the road linking Parachinar with Kohat has been “blocked” at certain places. “The road has become unsafe for travelling. We are using various routes to reach Peshawar,” a Parachinar resident named Jan Ali told Daily Times in Peshawar.