"At least five people were killed and many more injured in an explosion in the Khyber tribal region as Mangal Bagh Afridi, the notorious commander of Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI) militant group, sought help from the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in his fight against his rivals. This comes a day after a group of Afghan Taliban threatened to join Bagh’s rivals to avenge the beheading of Maulana Muhammad Hashim, a respected cleric from Zakhakhel clan of the Afridi tribe. Hundreds of thousands of Zakhakehl tribesmen, the erstwhile allies of LeI, turned on Bagh following Maulana Hashim’s abduction and subsequent execution by LeI fighters last month. [...] The Lashkar chief appealed to the TTP for help to fight his many enemies. And sources told The Express Tribune that some Taliban insurgents have already reached the area to fight alongside Bagh’s loyalists."