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Suicide bomber kills 15 at Pakistani tribal council
A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people and 30 wounded attending a tribal council in Pakistan's Orakzai region in the northwest on Friday, said a tribal elder who witnessed the attack.
- Agencies
- Published: 16:18 October 10, 2008
Peshawar: A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people and 30 wounded attending a tribal council in Pakistan's Orakzai region in the northwest on Friday, said a tribal elder who witnessed the attack.
"We were busy in raising a lashkar (a tribal militia) to evict Taliban from the region when this attack took place," Qeemat Khan Orakzai, a member of the council told Reuters.
Orakzai has been the most peaceful of Pakistan's seven semi-autonomous tribal regions. Unlike most of the others, Orakzai does not border Afghanistan.
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