{{At least 15 people were killed in an attack on a pro-government militia commander in Pakistan’s lawless northwestern tribal area on Thursday morning, security forces said.}}<\/p>\n
The attack comes as Pakistan’s government is mulling peace talks with the Taliban, although no conditions have yet been set, and previous deals with the Taliban have always collapsed.<\/p>\n
A car bomb rammed into the compound of Mullah Nabi Hanfi, the leader of an anti-Taliban militia he formed after breaking away from the Taliban in 2009.<\/p>\n
Two suicide bombers launched a second attack but were killed in the shootout by Hanfi’s men, sources in the security forces said.<\/p>\n
Hanfi was among the ten men wounded in the attack and taken to a district hospital.<\/p>\n
He survived a similar attack on his compound last year that killed 10 people. He lives in the Spin Tal region of Hangu district, bordering North Waziristan, considered a hub of Taliban militants.<\/p>\n
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