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President Zardari ordered Geo News to shut down for broadcasting the Long March; the information minister resigned in protest. Yesterday’s strike in Kurram killed 24 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters. The Taliban killed two “US spies” in Arakzai and beheaded three tribesmen in Bajaur. An official in the Northwest Frontier Province advocates including Taliban fighters […]

A US airstrike on a Taliban training camp in Kurram killed more than 15 fighters. Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters in Mohmand and detained nine ‘foreigners’ in South Waziristan. A suicide bomber killed three people in an attack on a fort in Khyber and bombed 20 shops in Nowshera and an internet cafe in […]

The Chief Minister of the Northwest Frontier Province escaped an assassination attempt in Peshawar. The Zardari government had hundreds of members of the political opposition arrested in an attempt to disrupt the Long March. Security forces detained 45 suspected Taliban fighters in Hangu. A NATO supply truck was torched near Quetta.

The Army and Rangers have deployed in Punjab province to disrupt the Long March. Police have begun arresting members of the opposition, including Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, and Imran Khan. Security forces claimed to have killed 35 Taliban fighters in Dara Adam Khel.

Pakistani officials believe the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore was carried out by the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Security forces detained 125 militants in Kohat. The Taliban murdered three “US spies” in South Waziristan and released five soldiers in Bajaur. A court extended the house arrest of Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed.

The Taliban executed 14 paramilitary troops in Mohmand. The government killed 15 Taliban fighters in Mohmand. The military is searching for an unmanned US Predator strike aircraft thought to have been shot down by the Taliban. Peshawar’s police chief claimed the provincial capital is no longer under threat of a Taliban takeover.

The Taliban claimed to have shot down a US Predator in South Waziristan. Fifteen Pakistanis, including seven policemen, were killed in bombings in Peshawar, Khyber, and Dera Ismail Khan. The bodies of six security personnel were found in Mohmand. Security forces killed 22 Taliban in Arakzai. The government freed 12 Taliban prisoners in Swat.

Pakistan suspects the Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore; LeT denied involvement. The Taliban murdered two “US spies” in North Waziristan, killed a political leader in Bannu, and bombed a school in Bajaur.