Orakzai Agency: 15 dead as militant groups clash

PESHAWAR: At least 15 militants from rival groups were killed after they clashed over control of a hide-out, officials said on Saturday. The gunfight between the pro-Taliban groups erupted late on Friday at Saiful Darra village, in the restive Orakzai tribal district, and was still going on. “The death toll has risen to 15 and eight other militants were wounded in the gunfight,” local government official Zaman Khan Khattak told AFP. A security official confirmed the gunfight and the death toll.



Published in The Express Tribune, June 26^th, 2011.