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A terrorist assault on a police training center in Lahore killed more than 30 recruits and officers. The South Waziristan-based Fedayeen-e-Islam said it conducted the attack. A Taliban suicide bomber killed four security personnel in Bannu. Security forces launched a new operation in Khyber.

The Taliban captured 12 policemen in Khyber, freed three policemen in Hangu, and banned unaccompanied women from markets in Malakand. The government blocked seven illegal FM channels in Charsadda. Sufi Mohammed warned of violence in Swat if President Zardari did not sign legislation approving sharia.

The Taliban destroyed a vital bridge in Khyber and shut down NATO’s supply route to Afghanistan. Security forces killed 26 Taliban fighters in Mohmand and captured 4 more in Khyber. The government is expressing its displeasure with the new US strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. The military’s chief spokesman said claims of ISI links with […]

More than 70 Pakistanis were killed in a Taliban suicide attack in a mosque in Khyber. The Taliban attacked a trucking terminal in Peshawar, murdered two “US spies” in North Waziristan, battled security forces in Swat, and threatened to end the ceasefire in Darra Adam Khel. The US chairman of the joint chiefs of staff […]

A US airstrike killed seven al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. The Taliban took credit for a suicide attack that killed 11 anti-Taliban tribals in Jandola. Three people were wounded in a bombing outside a police station in Charsadda. The government warned the tribes in Bajaur that a military operation may be launched […]

A US airstrike in South Waziristan killed eight Taliban and al Qaeda fighters. The US State Department put $5 million bounties out for Baitullah Mehsud and Siraj Haqqani. The Taliban have taken control of emerald mines in Swat. Police say they arrested the cell leader of this week’s suicide bombing in Islamabad.

Sufi Mohammed threatened to scuttle the Malakand Accord. Jaish-e-Mohammed continues to operate madrassas in Bahawalpur despite the group’s being banned. The Taliban in Waziristan said the cell phone service being set up will be used to to spy on them. A tribal lashkar in Bajaur freed six Taliban fighters.

A suicide bomber killed one policeman in an attack on a Special Branch station in Islamabad. Intelligence indicates Baitullah Mehsud has dispatched more than 20 Uzbek suicide bombers to Pakistan’s major cities. The Taliban murdered two “US spies” in North Waziristan, and bombed a girls’ school in Mardan. Security forces detained nine extremists in Khyber.