A peace deal with the government and the Taliban in South Waziristan is in its final phase, Taliban spokesman Maulvi Umar said. Baituallh Mehsud denied being behind the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the kidnapping of the ambassador to Afghanistan. Afghanistan believes Mullah Mansoor Dadullah was among those exchanged for Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan. The Taliban fired seven rockets at the Air Force base in Kohat. One person was killed in a bombing in Khyber.
