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Security forces killed 17 Taliban fighters in Swat and Arakzai. The Taliban bombed two schools in Bajaur and torched two NATO trucks in Khuzdar.

The Pakistani military killed 12 Taliban fighters in helicopter strikes in Arakzai. General Wyne, the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, said the Taliban’s network has been broken and the group is on the verge of defeat.

The Taliban killed six soldiers in an IED attack Arakzai and five civilians in a bombing in a mosque in Peshawar. The US approved a $2 billion military aid package to Pakistan, but cut of certain units from funding due to human rights violations.

The military killed four Taliban fighters in Arakzai and four more in Kurram. Six Taliban fighters, including their commander, were killed in an IED blast in Kurram. Two of Jalaluddin Haqqani’s sons are mediating negotiations in Kurram.

The Taliban killed three paramilitary soldiers in Khyber and wounded a policeman in a grenade attack in Peshawar. Police found four stolen NATO containers in Peshawar. The prime minister said the military will not be deployed in Karachi.

Twenty-nine people died in targeted killings in Karachi. The Taliban killed three Pakistani soldiers in South Waziristan and destroyed two NATO supply trucks in Kalat. The US is finalizing a $2 billion military aid package to Pakistan.

US Predators killed six “militants” in a Predator strike in Datta Khel in North Waziristan. Security forces foiled a suicide attack in Lakki Marwat. The Taliban torched two NATO tankers in Quetta and Kalat. Eight more people were killed in violence in Karachi.

Sixteen people were killed in attacks in Karachi. Security forces killed two Taliban fighters and detained another in Swat. The Taliban bombed a school in Peshawar.

The US killed nine “militants’ in a pair of airstrikes in Mir Ali in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed five Pakistani soldiers and captured one other during an attack on a checkpoint in South Waziristan, and also killed three truck drivers in attacks on NATO supply trucks in Khyber and Kalat. Four tribal militia members […]

The prime minister said no promise has been made to tackle the Taliban in North Waziristan. Security forces detained seven Lashkar-e-Jhangvi members for plotting to attack the prime minister of Pakistan. The Taliban bombed a shrine in Landikotal and released a video of a professor kidnapped in September.