A US airstrike killed eight Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in South Waziristan. Pakistani commandos were airdropped into the Taliban controlled Peochar valley in Swat. The military killed 30 Taliban fighters in Dir; the Taliban claimed only 12 fighters have been killed since the operation began. The Taliban attacked a NATO truck terminal in Peshawar and bombed schools in Khyber and Bannu. Four suicide bombers were arrested in Rawalpindi.
