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Pakistan suicide attack kills 9

At least nine people were killed and 16 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden car in northwestern Pakistan's Kurram tribal district on Saturday, officials said.

A map shows northwestern Pakistan's tribal areas and North Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan.

The bomber detonated the vehicle just outside the compound of anti-Taliban militant commander Maulana Nabi, in the town of Spin Tal near the Afghan border, senior administration official Zakir Hussain said.

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