BARA: At least 10 more tribesmen have been killed and four others injured in clashes between Lashkar-e-Islami and Ansarul-Islam activists in Tirah valley, Khyber Agency. AI activists attacked an LI bunker late on Tuesday night, killing three LI activists and injuring four others. In the ensuing gunbattle, seven attackers were killed, and the rest fled, according to unconfirmed reports. Violence erupted in the area when political authorities established the AI to counter the LI, headed by Mangal Bagh Afridi. Maulana Khalilur Rehman, a JUI-F MNA, reportedly ‘tailored’ the AI when Mangal Bagh threatened him for “not doing enough against the political administration’s alleged atrocities”. Supporters of cleric Saifur Rehman have now joined the AI and it is now feared that they will settle personal scores with LI activists who succeeded cleric Mufti Munir Shakir. Armed conflicts between Rehman and Munir killed 36 people over a two-month period, and both of them were ousted from the agency. Several tribal jirgas have failed to broker a peace deal between the groups, allegedly because of interference by political authorities.