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A suicide bombing has killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens of others during a tribal council in a village near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. A security official said a young man had sneaked into the venue where the gathering was being held and blew himself up. Officials said hundreds of members of the Alikhel tribe had been meeting in Orakzai district to raise a traditional army against Taliban militants operating in the area. Pakistan's tribal region is known as a safe haven for al-Qaeda and Taliban militants launching cross-border attacks on international forces in Afghanistan.