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The government released 14 more Taliban prisoners in Swat. The Taliban ordered NGOs to leave Swat, forced the closure of a family planning center in Dir, bombed a girls’ school in Mardan, and fired rockets at a police station in Dera Ismail Khan. The military destroyed two extremist hideouts in Khyber.

US Envoy Richard Holbrooke said US and NATO troops would not cross into Pakistan to fight the Taliban. Security forces detained 25 members of Lashkar-e-Islam in Khyber. The government released six Taliban leaders in Swat. The Taliban forced the closure of more than a hundred CD shops in Mardan.

The Taliban ambushed a military convoy in Swat after the government released 16 Taliban fighters. Baluchistan’s governor said Mullah Omar is not in the province. Security forces imposed a curfew in Landi Kotal in Khyber after a Taliban attack on a military base killed 10 and wounded 41.

The Taliban killed 15 people in a rocket attack on a base in Khyber, attacked a police checkpoint in Bannu, and bombed an electrical pylon in Peshawar. Security forces captured then released 14 Taliban fighters in Swat and detained five Taliban fighters in Karachi.

The Frontier Corps Inspector General denied reports that the Taliban shura is operating from Quetta in Baluchistan. The Taliban attacked a NATO supply truck at the Chaman border crossing. The Taliban are continuing an anti-polio vaccination drive in Swat in violation of the peace agreement.

Sharia courts have opened in Swat while civil courts have ceased activity. The Taliban killed three policeman in Dir and beheaded a “spy” in Peshawar. Security forces killed four Taliban fighters in Mohmand and detained a suicide bombing cell leader in Charsadda.

A suicide bomber killed 14 Pakistanis and wounded 17 more in an attack outside a restaurant in Rawalpindi. The Taliban attacked a trucking terminal in Peshawar and destroyed more than 30 trucks and containers. Sufi Mohammed told judges in the Malakand division not to show up in courtrooms.

A US airstrike in Bannu killed two al Qaeda operatives and two Taliban fighters. The Taliban destroyed dozens of NATO trucks and shipping containers in an attack on a terminal in Peshawar. The government restored the chief justice deposed by former President Musharraf.

As the government claims to seek reconciliation with Nawaz Sharif, 100 lawyers and 20 of Sharif’s followers were arrested, and house arrest orders were approved for Sharif and two other political leaders. The Taliban destroyed more than 20 NATO vehicles in a rocket attack on a terminal in Peshawar. The Taliban in Darra Adam Khel […]