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FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Aug 23
23 Aug 2009 13:37:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
Aug 22 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 1330 GMT on Sunday.

PESHAWAR - A militant blew himself, killing three people, including two women after rival groups exchanged fire in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Sunday, police said. The blast wounded 15 people. The two rival groups were from Khyber tribal region.

WANA - Gunmen shot dead a pro-government tribal elder, his son and three friends near Wana, the main town in South Waziristan, according to officials inthe tribal region where Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed by a U.S. missile strike earlier this month.

(Compiled by Islamabad Bureau; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)


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