Mullah Nazir, the “chief of Taliban Shura for Ahmadzai Wazir dominated areas,” has asked the Uzbeks to leave his areas. The Daily Times reports the truce has continued to hold as the MMA and JUI-F conducted negotiations with senior Afghan Taliban leaders. The MMA is responsible for the rise of extremism in the NWFP, said Interior Minister Sherpao. Rockets were fired from Khost, Afghanistan into North Waziristan.