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Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters during shelling in Kurram and Orakzai. Officials claimed NATO forces wounded six people in cross-border mortar attacks. Secretary of State Clinton said Pakistan is not justified to detain a Pakistani doctor who aided in the hunt of Osama bin Laden.

A court acquitted Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdullah Aziz of two counts of treason for supporting the Taliban in South Waziristan and inciting against the military. The Lashkar-e-Islam killed a woman and a child in a bombing in Khyber. NATO aircraft reportedly violated Pakistani airspace over South Waziristan.

“Gunmen” opened fire on a bus in Kohistan, killing 18 Shia passengers. Four Pakistani soldiers and 10 Taliban fighters were killed during a clash in South Waziristan.

The Taliban killed seven people in a car bombing in Nowshera and rocketed a police outpost in Peshawar. Helicopter gunships killed six Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber. An “al Qaeda hitman” may be released from prison after witnesses withdrew their testimonies.

A suicide assault team from the Abdullah Azzam Brigade killed four policemen in Peshawar. Seven “terrorists” and three soldiers were killed during clashes in Khyber. The Taliban bombed a school in Swabi.

Thirteen people were killed in a car bombing at a bus station on the outskirts of Peshawar. Pakistani military officials blamed the US, Israel, and India for fomenting unrest in Baluchistan.

Unknown “gunmen” killed two security personnel and a civilian in an attack in Abbottabad. The Lashkar-e-Islam killed three people in an IED attack in Khyber.

The Lashkar-e-Islam killed nine members of a militia in an IED attack in Khyber. Thousands of Pakistanis attended a Defense of Pakistan Council rally in Rawalpindi. Lashkar-e-Taiba head Hafiz Saeed is one of the group’s leaders.

Thirty-four Taliban fighters, four soldiers, and four militiamen were killed during fighting in Khyber and Arakzai. The death toll in Friday’s suicide attack in Kurram has risen to 39. Police said they arrested the “mastermind” of the March 2011 suicide attack on the ISI headquarters in Faisalabad.

A Taliban suicide bomber killed 21 Shia at a market in Kurram. Five Taliban fighters and three soldiers were killed during fighting in Khyber.

US Predators killed 19 Taliban and Uzbek fighters in two strikes in North Waziristan. Suicide bombers killed three people in Dir and wounded five policemen in Peshawar.