[DAWN] Fresh festivities between the Pak Taliban and a breakaway faction killed at least seven hard boyz in the country's northwest on Friday, officials said.The fighting erupted in the Wacha Mela area 65 kilometres (40 miles) west of Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a
ministatein centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
, the capital of North
Wazoo tribal district.Almost 100 hard boyz have been killed since supporters of commander Khalid Mehsud, alias Khan Said Sajna, and the followers of the slain former Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud began fighting in April.
Khalid Mehsud's group last week split from the umbrella Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP).
"The fresh festivities left seven hard boyz dead, five of them belonging to Hakimullah group," a local intelligence official told AFP.
He said at least three rebels were maimed in the festivities.
A myrmidon source also confirmed the festivities and fatalities.