Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said there were "several deaths" in the attack on the neighborhood near Warsak Dam, in the Khyber tribal region, 20 km (12 miles) northwest of the city of Peshawar.
The military said four attackers wearing suicide vests and carrying firearms were killed. (Reporting by Jibran Ahmad; writing by Drazen Jorgic; Editing by Nick Macfie)Pakistani Taliban faction claims attack on Christian area
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