The government said the Hangu operation would end in a few days. Swat’s Mullah Fazlullah led a Taliban “war strategy” session. Nine were killed in in clashes between Lashkar-e-Islam and Ansar-ul-Islam in Khyber. The Umar Khalid group killed two rival Taliban leaders in Mohmand. Seven civilians were wounded in a bombing at a cinema in Kohat. A Taliban commander was detained in Swat.
