Local Urdu TV channels Dunya and ARY reported that 13 people were killed when a suicide bomber hit a center of Lashkar-e-Islam, a banned militant group, in Akkakhel.
Tehreek-e-Taliban (Pakistan Taliban) has claimed responsibility for the attack.
On March 2, a Pakistan Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, killing 23 people and wounding over 20 others. Most of the casualties were believed to be members of Lashkar-e-Islam.
Lashkar-e-Islam, founded in 2004, has some 18,000 followers who are mainly active in Khyber Agency and is notorious for kidnapping for ransom.
UPDATE:
on LongWarJournal by Bill Roggio:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/03/taliban_suicide_bomb_35.php
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