Pakistan Taliban Bombing Targets Militia Leader

An attempt to kill the leader of an anti-Taliban militia has killed at least 15 people and injured six more in northwest Pakistan.

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a compound belonging to Nabi Hanfi, a former Pakistani Taliban commander, in the village of Balandkhel, near to the border of North Waziristan.

Gunmen opened fire on the pro-government group before a car bomb was detonated. Two further suicide bombers were killed during the gun battle, without exploding their devices.

According to Wajid Khan, a local government administrator, Hanfi was not present during the attack.

Pakistani Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid claimed responsibility for the attack, saying five militants targeted Hanfi because he formed a group to fight them.

"Mullah Nabi had been our target, and he will remain on our target list," he told The AP by telephone from an undisclosed location.

Hanfi survived a similar attack in 2012 that left three children among the dead.

Orakzai is one of Pakistan's seven lawless semi-autonomous tribal regions along the Afghan border and is the hometown of Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud.

Thousands of people have been killed during the group's decade-long battle for a strict interpretation of Islamic law in the region.

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