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Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Baluch fighters killed three policemen in an attack on a checkpoint in Nasirabad. The Mehsud tribes said they would return to South Waziristan and promised not to aid or shelter the Taliban.

A US airstrike killed seven Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. The military killed 20 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The Taliban killed four policemen and bombed 12 NATO tankers in Mianwali and wounded 10 policemen in a suicide attack in Dir.

The Taliban took credit for an ambush that killed eight soldiers in North Waziristan. The Taliban also beheaded four “US spies” in North Waziristan. Security forces killed 16 Taliban fighters in Arakzai.

Thirty-five Taliban and one soldier were killed in fighting in Arakzai and Swat. The Taliban killed three tribesmen in Arakzai and a politician in Charsadda. The military killed a woman during mortar strikes in Khyber. The government closed two hospitals and 177 health clinics in North Waziristan.

The top Taliban spokesman denied carrying out attacks in crowded cities and claimed Blackwater was behind the recent suicide strikes in Kohat and Peshawar. The Taliban warned shop owners and leaders to stop the “growing vulgarity.” Only four Taliban fighters were detained among 500 suspects rounded up in Swat.

The Taliban killed four troops in an IED attack in Kurram and three security personnel and a civilian in an IED attack in Hangu. The military killed three Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. Bajaur has been declared a “conflict free zone.”

A suicide bomber killed 23 Pakistanis at a bazaar in Peshawar; a child was killed in a bombing at a school in Peshawar. The Taliban bombed two NATO fuel tankers in Khyber. Security forces detained 20 suspected terrorists in Quetta.

A Taliban suicide bomber killed seven people in an attack on a police station in Kohat. Security forces killed 13 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and three more in Swat, and detained terrorists in Islamabad.

Two Lashkar-e-Jhangvi suicide bombers killed 42 people at a refugee camp in Kohat. Security forces killed 21 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and detained 12 more in Mohmand. The Taliban killed a Frontier Corps trooper and bombed two schools in Charsadda.

A suicide bomber killed 10 Pakistanis, including a journalist and senior police officials, in a hospital in Quetta. A US strike in North Waziristan killed six Taliban fighters. The Taliban killed two tribal leaders in Swat. Security forces detained eight Taliban fighters in Bajaur.