Anti-Taliban tribal leader among 5 killed in northwest Pakistan bombing


  • World
  • Wednesday, 14 Sep 2022

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Five people were killed in a blast in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, including an influential anti-Taliban tribal leader, police said, in the fist major bombing in over a decade in an area that was once a battleground between security forces and militants.

The attack comes as fears rise about the return of Pakistani Taliban, also known as the TTP, to the Swat area of Pakistan, and peace talks between security forces and militants, that started last year, have failed.

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