A suicide bomber killed 9 and wounded 35 in an attack in Kurram. Four soildiers and 10 Taliban fighters were killed after the Taliban attacked a checkpoint in North Waziristan with 50 rockets and a ground attack. About 2,000 North Waziristan tribesmen called on the government to withdraw troops from the region and chanted “death to America.” A suicide bomber killed two and wounded six in Swat. Four were wounded in a bombing in Lakki Marwat. Urdu-speaking Taliban are guarding the new Red Mosque in Mohmand.
