Thirty-three Baluchi rebels and nine Frontier Corps paramilitaries were killed during a battle in Dera Bugti. Five Taliban were killed during an assault on a Pakistani fort in Hangu, while the fighting has spread to neighboring Kurram. The Taliban torched a school in Swat. Baitullah Mehsud ordered an investigation of an intra-Taliban clash in Mohmand Agency that resulted in 10 Taliban killed.
