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Taliban suicide bombers killed 20 people and wounded more than 100 in dual attacks in Peshawar and Bannu cities. Twenty Taliban fighters surrendered in Swat. The Taliban demanded that captive leaders be released in exchange for a kidnapped Greek aid worker.

Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. In Swat, 13 Taliban fighters were captured and 57 more surrendered. Five terror suspects were detained in Dera Ghazi Khan. The Taliban wounded a lashkar fighter in Bajaur.

A US airstrike killed eight Haqqani Network fighters in an attack in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed seven pro-government tribal leaders during an attack in Bannu. The military killed eight Taliban fighters in Malakand and detained three more in Hangu.

Forty-five Pakistani troops and 34 Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in North and South Waziristan. Security forces detained a Taliban commander and 10 fighters in Swat and Malakand. The Taliban bombed a girls’ school in Peshawar. The US Congress approved $2.376 billion in aid for Pakistan.

Security forces detained Abu Faraj, a Taliban commander who was behind suicide attacks in Swat. Faraj was wounded by soldiers before he was captured in Swat. Police killed one suicide bomber in Buner; two others escaped. The suicide bomber was planning to assassinate the provincial education minister.

Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters and detained 43 more in Swat. Swat Taliban commander Sher Muhammad Qasab died in custody. Taliban fighters killed four people in an attack at a bazaar in Hangu. Pakistan has placed 83 wanted terrorists on a watch lsit.

Two Pakistanis were killed in a bombing at a security checkpoint in Darra Adam Khel. Abdullah Mehsud Group commander Turkistan Bhittani has gone into protective custody. A Pakistani intelligence report claims India and Afghanistan are supporting the Taliban. The interior minister said seven Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives will be tried for their involvement in the Mumbai assault.