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| Pakistan suicide attack on 'militant chief' kills many | Pakistan suicide attack on 'militant chief' kills many |
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| At least 12 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a militant commander's compound in north-west Pakistan, officials say. | At least 12 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a militant commander's compound in north-west Pakistan, officials say. |
| Reports said the commander, Nabi Hanfi, had been fighting a branch of the Pakistani Taliban in the region. | Reports said the commander, Nabi Hanfi, had been fighting a branch of the Pakistani Taliban in the region. |
| The militant group Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) have said they were behind the attack in a remote mountainous area of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. | |
| Officials said a suicide bomber drove a vehicle into the compound. | Officials said a suicide bomber drove a vehicle into the compound. |
| Several other people were injured in the attack in the Orakzai tribal area, which is said to be a stronghold for the Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaeda linked militants. | |
| It is unclear if Nabi Hanfi was killed. Local government administrator Wajid Khan told the Associated Press that Hanfi was off base at the time of the attack. | |
| Division over talks | |
| Nabi Hanfi had once been associated with the TTP but later switched sides and began to fight them with his own militia. | |
| There are reports that the Pakistani government had provided some support to his group as part of its strategy of dealing with the threat posed by the TTP. | |
| This attack comes against a backdrop of apparent rifts within the ranks of the Pakistani Taliban over an offer of talks by new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. | |
| There are dozens of militant groups operating under the banner of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP). | |
| All have sanctuaries in the tribal areas near Peshawar in the north-west - some favour talks, while others don't, correspondents say. | |
| Peshawar, the main city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has been hit by a series of recent bomb attacks, some claimed by, others blamed on Taliban insurgents. |