Siraj Haqqani was one of several Taliban leaders conducting secret negotiations with the government to end the fighting in northwestern Pakistan. Security forces blew up a vehicle laden with 700 kilograms of explosives in Swat. The military is investigating the cause of the helicopter crash that killed a senior general and seven members of his staff in South Waziristan. A Pakistani UAV crashed near Peshawar. Pakistan’s ambassador to the US claimed Pakistani forces killed Abu Laith al Libi.
