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At least 15 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a meeting of tribal elders in a restive region of Pakistan near the Afghan border.At least 15 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a meeting of tribal elders in a restive region of Pakistan near the Afghan border.
The blast struck a council of local leaders in the Orakzai district, one of Pakistan's seven semi-autonomous tribal regions. Dozens were injured in the blast at a council of local leaders in the Orakzai district, one of Pakistan's seven semi-autonomous tribal regions.
They were meeting to decide how to evict Taleban from the region when the attack took place. They were meeting to raise a militia to to evict Taleban from the region when the attack took place.
Orakzai has been the most calm of the seven semi-autonomous tribal regions. Orakzai, near the main north-west city of Peshawar, has been relatively calm.
"We were busy in raising a lashkar [tribal militia] to evict Taleban from the region when this attack took place," Qeemat Khan Orakzai, a member of the council, told Reuters news agency."We were busy in raising a lashkar [tribal militia] to evict Taleban from the region when this attack took place," Qeemat Khan Orakzai, a member of the council, told Reuters news agency.
More than 50 people were wounded when the attacker targeted a gathering of about 500 people from the Alizai tribe on Friday, according to AP news agency. The attacker targeted a gathering of about 500 people from the Alizai tribe on Friday, according to AP news agency.
A security official told AFP news agency that the suicide attack came a day after armed tribesmen had targeted two militant hideouts.
Pro-Taleban militants on the Pakistan side of the border have been blamed for a rise in attacks on US and Nato troops in Afghanistan.Pro-Taleban militants on the Pakistan side of the border have been blamed for a rise in attacks on US and Nato troops in Afghanistan.
Pakistan's government has been courting the tribes to persuade them to stand up to the insurgents. Pakistan's government has been courting the fiercely independent tribes to persuade them to stand up to the insurgents.