Taliban bomber kills 5 rival militants in Pakistan


PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A government official and militant spokesman say a Taliban suicide bomber has attacked a rival group's headquarters in northwest Pakistan, killing at least five fighters.

Friday's attack on Lashkar-e-Islam's headquarters occurred in the Tirah Valley, a remote part of the Khyber tribal area that has seen previous clashes between the two groups.

Bakhtiyar Khan, a government administrator in Khyber, says the bombing killed at least five Lashkar-e-Islam militants.

Hazrat Omar, a spokesman for the group, says six fighters and two passers-by died.

Mohammed Afridi, a Pakistani Taliban spokesman in Khyber, has claimed responsibility.

A Taliban suicide bomber killed 23 members of Lashkar-e-Islam in the Tirah Valley on March 2.