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An Egyptian al Qaeda operative named Mustafa al Masri was killed in yesterday’s strikes in Waziristan. Eight Taliban fighters and three civilians were killed in clashes in Quetta. Security forces leveled 105 homes and shops in Mohmand. Talibanization is spreading in Quetta.

US airstrikes in on Taliban safe houses North and South Waziristan killed 20 people. The Army spokesman said Taliban sharia equates to “terrorism.” Three soldiers and nine civilians were killed in suicide, roadside bomb, and mortar attacks in Swat.

The Army’s spokesman said sharia law is terrorism; Fazul Mohammed defended sharia. Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters in Swat. Taliban fighters attacked a military outpost in Wana in South Waziristan and bombed a girls’ school in Swat.

Security forces detained seven al Qaeda operatives in Peshawar and killed 24 more Taliban fighters in Mohmand. The Taliban denied Mohmand Taliban leader Omar Khalid was killed in the fighting. The Taliban has banned music on buses in the NWFP and ordered men to grow beards in Swat.

The Taliban murdered two “US spies” in North Waziristan. The Frontier Corps claimed it killed 60 Taliban fighters over the past two days in Mohmand. Four policemen were wounded in a bombing in Peshawar. Police found a car bomb in Lahore.

The Khyber Pass was closed to NATO traffic after the military launched an operation in the tribal agency in retaliation for an attack on a base; the pass has been reopened. The Taliban bombed five boys’ schools and a girls’ school in Swat.

Qari Hussain released a Taliban suicide bomber tape to the media in Peshawar. One soldier and 15 Taliban fighters were killed in clashes in Mohmand. Five Taliban fighters and a tribesman were killed in a clash with security forces in Lakki Marwat. One paramilitary troop and two civilians were killed in Swat.

The Taliban murdered a “US spy” in North Waziristan and bombed a girls’ school in Bannu. Bombings were reported in Malakand, Nowshera, and Kohat. Baitullah Mehsud threatened to teach a “historic lesson” to Israel.

The Swat Taliban forced the closure of all of the district’s girls’ schools, and bombed one school in the district. The Taliban also destroyed the home of the leader of the Awami National Party. Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters in Swat.

Mullah Fazlullah announced a “conditional amnesty for social and political workers and public representatives from target killings.” The Taliban murdered a “US spy” in North Waziristan and killed two soldiers in an IED attack in South Waziristan. The military claimed it killed a “large number” of Taliban fighters and their operation commanders in Swat and […]

NATO’s supply lifeline through the Khyber Pass has been closed again for a security operation. Eight Taliban “bases” and 39 fighters were detained in the Khyber operation. A tribal leader was murdered in Arakazai.

The Taliban murdered a “US spy” in North Waziristan. The government released the younger brother of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Security has been stepped up at Peshawar’s shipping terminals. The minister of defense pressed the US to provide F-16 fighters.

The Pakistani military claimed to have killed 48 Taliban fighters during battles in Mohmand. The Taliban fired six rockets at a shipping terminal in Peshawar and executed two “US spies” in North Waziristan. The Swat Taliban and local tribes are discussing a ceasefire.