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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that the US is “reaching the limits of our patience” with terrorists sheltering in Pakistan and attacking in Afghanistan. Twelve people were killed in a bombing outside of a seminary in Quetta.

US Secretary of Defense Panetta said that the drone strikes will continue in Pakistan. Nine Taliban fighters and two tribesmen were killed during fighting in Khyber. The Taliban has bombed 22 schools in Nowshera.

US drones killed fifteen “militants” in a strike in Mir Ali. Abu Yahya al Libi, al Qaeda’s second in command, is rumored to have been killed in the strike, but the report is unconfirmed.

The Lashkar-e-Islam denied having links with the doctor who was imprisoned for aiding Osama bin Laden. The military denied reports that US trainers have re-entered Pakistan, and said it successfully tested Hatf-VIII, a “stealth” air-launched cruise missile.

The Pakistani doctor who helped the US find Osama bin Laden was convicted of providing support to the Lashkar-e-Islam, according to court documents. A wanted Taliban fighter was among four people who were killed during a tribal meeting in Mansehra.

Pakistani aircraft killed 21 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in Arakzai and Khyber. Pakistan conducted a successful test fire of the Hatf IX, a short-range nuclear missile.

US drones killed five “militants” in North Waziristan. Security forces killed four Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The Taliban killed a soldier in an IED attack in Nowshera. Secretary of Defense Panetta said that the US will not be “gouged” by Pakistan on the reopening of NATO’s supply lines.

A Pakistani court sentenced the doctor who helped the CIA find and kill Osama bin Laden to 33 years in prison. US drones killed four “militants” in North Waziristan. The Pakistani Air Force killed 12 Taliban fighters in strikes in Arakzai.