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India’s prime minister asked Pakistan to hand over the suspects of the Mumbai terror attacks. A senior Afghan Taliban spokesman was detained by Pakistani security officials. A suicide bomber killed himself in a failed attack in Bannu. Security forces detained 13 extremists during the operation in Khyber.

Pakistan partially reopened NATO supply routes through Khyber to Afghanistan. Four terrorists were killed in US airstrikes in South Waziristan. The Taliban imposed sharia in Hangu, ordered all girls’ schools closed in North Waziristan, and murdered a tribal elder in Bajaur.

The government said the Khyber Pass will reopen to NATO supply convoys this weekend. Three policemen were killed in bombings in Peshawar and four civilians were killed in rocket attacks in Bajaur. The Taliban publicly executed a kidnapping gang leader in Kurram. Ten Taliban fighters were detained during fighting in Mohmand.

Security forces detained 28 al Qaeda and Taliban facilitators as well as 116 Afghans during the security operation in Khyber. “There was no resistance at all from the Taliban side as they seem to have gone underground,” local residents said. The Taliban murdered a “US spy” in North Waziristan.

Pakistan closed the Khyber Pass and launched an operation west of Peshawar. The Taliban torched tribal leaders’ homes in Bajaur and murdered an ANP leader in Swat. Swat Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah said female education is prohibited in Islam.

Four NATO fuel tankers were destroyed in an attack at the Torkham border crossing. Four Frontier Corps troops were kidnapped in Lakki Marwat and two anti-Taliban tribesmen were murdered in Swat. Mullah Nazir demanded the government apologize for US airstrikes.

A Taliban suicide bomber killed 35 Pakistani in an attack on a polling station in Buner. The Taliban murdered three “US spies” in North Waziristan. Four Taliban fighters were wounded in clashes with security forces in Mohmand. The military deployed anti-aircraft guns in Gujranwala.

The Taliban welcomed the troop pullout form the northwest and said negotiations with the military are underway. The military said 34 Taliban were killed during a four-day operation in Swat. The Taliban is enforcing sharia in lower Arakzai. Security forces and the Taliban clashed in Khyber; no casualties were reported.