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Seven people were killed in a bombing in Peshawar. Pakistani officials claimed Afghan troops crossed the border in Baluchistan and executed two Taliban fighters. Prime Minister Gilani said the government does not allow the US to conduct drone strikes inside Pakistan.

The Taliban said they are holding a German and an Italian citizen who were kidnapped in Multan. The Army is court-martialing a brigadier and four officers for links to Hizb ut-Tahrir. The interior minister denied that NATO supplies are transiting via Afghan airspace.

US drones killed 10 Haqqani Network and Central Asian fighters in a strike in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed two soldiers in Mohmand. Representatives from the US, Pakistan, and Afghanistan met to discuss border security coordination.

The Taliban killed a Pakistani soldier in an IED attack in Kurram. Police arrested a Taliban commander and three fighters in Karachi, and 18 suspected militants in Khyber.

Seven Pakistani soldiers and 18 Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Kurrram; seven soldiers are said to be missing. The Taliban killed three people in a suicide attack on a tribal leader in Peshawar and bombed a girls’ school in Dera Ismail Khan.

The Taliban killed three policemen in an ambush in Lakki Marwat. Security forces detained eight “militants” and seized a large cache of explosives in Khyber.

Pakistani aircraft killed 20 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. A package containing anthrax was delivered to the home of Prime Minister Gilani. Foreign Minister Khar dismissed a leaked NATO report that said Pakistan aids the Taliban as “old wine.”

Ten Pakistani soldiers and 25 Taliban fighters were killed during fighting in Kurram. President Obama admitted the US is conducting drone strikes in Pakistan, and said that civilian casualties are low.

A suicide bomber killed an Ansar-ul-Islam leader and three others in Peshawar. Police said they killed the Taliban’s leader for Dera Ismail Khan. One security official was killed in an IED attack in Tank.

Prime Minister Gilani has retracted his criticism of Pakistan’s military. The Senate called on the military to shoot down US drones. Six soldiers and 17 Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Kurram.