Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in South Waziristan and two Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber, and detained seven Maldivians. Two Frontier Corps troops were killed in Khyber and three Pakistani civilians and a policeman were wounded in a suicide attack in Malakand. A provincial minister said that 5,000 Uzbeks are in Waziristan and that the US, India, and Israel are backing the Taliban and al Qaeda.
