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A senior Army official called Taliban leaders Baitullah Mehsud and Mullah Fazlullah “patriots.” The Taliban killed a “US spy” in North Waziristan. Eight Taliban and three policemen were killed in fighting in Bannu. Nine Taliban were killed in Bajaur. One person was killed in a rocket attack on NATO supply trucks in Peshawar.

A US strike in North Waziristan killed three. President Zardari warned India “against over-reaction” on the Mumbai attacks. Pakistani defense sources said the situation with India may force the military to withdraw its 100,000 troops from the Afghan border. Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Pakistani Taliban denied involvement in the Mumbai attacks. Thirteen people were killed and […]

A representative of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) will visit India instead of the director general to discuss the Mumbai terror attack. A suicide attack in Bannu killed seven people, including a policeman; three Taliban were killed in Bajaur. Hakimullah Mehsud, the Taliban leader Arakzai and lieutenant of BAitullah Mehsud, held a press conference.

The Lashkar-i-Islam has resumed operations in Peshawar. Security forces detained 13 “terrorists” during raids in Peshawar. Five people were killed in an IED attack in South Waziristan. Three Taliban fighters were killed in Mohmand. The Salarzai tribe in Mohmand is reorganizing its anti-Taliban lashkar.

Hakeemullah Mehsud said the Taliban would attack NATO convoys destined for Afghanistan and target President Zardari and other politicians. A rocket struck a NATO convoy parked in Peshawar. Three Taliban and two tribesmen were killed in heavy fighting in Peshawar. The Taliban executed a “US spy” in Khyber.

A provincial minister survived an assassination attempt in Hangu. The military killed six Taliban fighter in Bajaur. Eight civilians were killed in sectarian violence in Kohat and Hangu. A suicide bomber surrendered in Peshawar.

The Frontier Corps claimed 25 Taliban fighters were killed and 40 more were captured during an operation to push the Taliban back from Peshawar. Fifteen Taliban fighters were killed in Swat. Rashid Rauf’s lawyer claimed his client was not killed in Saturday’s airstrike in North Waziristan.

Prime Minister Gilani said US strikes are causing suicide attacks. NATO said cooperation with Pakistan is “the best it has ever been.” The Taliban said their forces are established in Karachi. Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad said al Qaeda and the Taliban are heroes. Nine Taliban fighters and four women were killed in Bajaur.

Al Qaeda operative Rashid Rauf is reported to have been killed in a US strike in North Waziristan. A bombing at a mosque in Hangu killed five civilians and wounded seven. Three people were wounded in an IED attack on a NATO convoy traveling through Khyber. The Army took control of Kabal in Swat.