Commander Tariq Afridi, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s operations in Khyber, as well as in regions in Arakzai, Peshawar, Kohat, and Hangu, is said to have been murdered by a relative.
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Badruddin Haqqani, a senior Haqqani Network leader, and Emeti Yakuf, the emir of the Turkistan Islamic Party, are thought to have been killed in drone strikes. Security forces killed 28 Taliban fighters in Bajaur and detained a commander in Nowshera. Nine civilians were killed in a mortar attack in Khyber.
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US drones killed eight more “militants” in a pair of strikes in the Shawal Valley in North Waziristan. Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Khyber.
US drones killed six “militants” in a strike in the Shawal Valley in North Waziristan. The Foreign Office issued a strong protest condemning the attack.
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The Shawal Valley has been the focus of recent drone strikes in Pakistan. The strikes in Pakistan have been on the decline the past three months; the US has launched only eight since June 4.
Six security personnel were killed in an IED attack in Quetta. One person was killed in a bombing in Karachi. Security forces detained 10 Taliban fighters thought to be involved in the attack on Kamra Air Force Base.
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Six Taliban fighters were killed in a suicide assault on the Kamra Air Force Base in Punjab; one Pakistani soldier was also killed. “Gunmen” dragged 20 Shiites off a bus in Giglit and executed them.
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Six Taliban fighters and two Pakistanis were killed during the fighting at an airbase that is thought to be related to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program. The Taliban claimed credit for the attack.
Five Pakistani soldiers and 20 Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Arakzai. NATO helicopters reportedly killed two Pakistanis along the Afghan border. Pakistani and Afghan forces traded artillery and rocket fire in Kunar province in Afghanistan.
But it won’t be against the Haqqani Network or Hafiz Gul Bahadar’s forces, of course.