A security source told Agence La Belle France Presse that the Mada Khel and Paipali Kabul Khel tribes of North
Wazoo had been engaged in intense frighting since Friday to try to capture a mountain, which both groups claim."The fight in Laoaara Mandi village in Data Khel area has so far left 47 people dead and 25 others injured," the official said.
He added that the fight for occupation of the mountain is still ongoing.
Locals in the area confirmed the violence and said that the tribes support separate bad boy groups in the region.
Another source, who is close to the political administration in the area, gave a lower toll, saying that 36 people were killed and 15 were maimed.
North Waziristan is one of Pakistain's seven semi autonomous tribal districts where Pak forces have little control and bad boy groups thrive. The U.S. has in past branded these areas the most dangerous in the world, saying they are hubs for Taliban and al-Qaeda-led bad boys.
Tribes in these areas often fight bloody battles to assert their control over the region.
The Mighty Pak Army started an offensive in June last year to clear the region of Talibs and has since claimed significant success in the operation, named Zarb-e-Azb
..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
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