The US killed an al Qaeda Shadow Army commander, six al Qaeda operatives, and 11 Haqqani Network fighters during two airstrikes in North Waziristan. Three soldiers and three Lashkar-e-Islam fighters were killed during clashes in Khyber. A suicide bomber killed only himself in a failed attack in Bannu. Police detained a Taliban leader in Karachi. The Taliban torched a NATO fuel tanker in Quetta.
