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| Pakistan suicide blast kills anti-Taliban politician | Pakistan suicide blast kills anti-Taliban politician |
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| An anti-Taliban politician and five other people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in north-west Pakistan. | An anti-Taliban politician and five other people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in north-west Pakistan. |
| Fateh Khan, the head of a government-allied regional militia and a leader of the secular Awami National party (ANP), died along with three guards and two passers-by in the blast near a petrol station in Buner, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. | Fateh Khan, the head of a government-allied regional militia and a leader of the secular Awami National party (ANP), died along with three guards and two passers-by in the blast near a petrol station in Buner, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. |
| Police said the bomber triggered a device near a vehicle Khan was in. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack. | Police said the bomber triggered a device near a vehicle Khan was in. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack. |
| The ANP rules the coalition government in the province and has angered the Taliban by supporting several military offensives in tribal districts. | The ANP rules the coalition government in the province and has angered the Taliban by supporting several military offensives in tribal districts. |
| Buner is believed to be a hiding place for the Pakistani Taliban. It is located near the Swat valley, where the 15-year-old education activist Malala Yousafzai was shot and wounded last month for criticising the Taliban's behaviour after it seized the region in 2008. | Buner is believed to be a hiding place for the Pakistani Taliban. It is located near the Swat valley, where the 15-year-old education activist Malala Yousafzai was shot and wounded last month for criticising the Taliban's behaviour after it seized the region in 2008. |
| Malala is recovering in the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham after being flown to the UK for treatment. | Malala is recovering in the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham after being flown to the UK for treatment. |
| A military offensive broke the Taliban's control over the area in 2009 but attacks have continued. | A military offensive broke the Taliban's control over the area in 2009 but attacks have continued. |
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