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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.

The US designated the two leaders of the Karachi-based Al Akhtar Trust and the Al Rashid Trust as terrorists for their support for al Qaeda and the Taliban. The Khyber-based Lashkar-i-Islam said it would hold talks with the government. The Northwest Frontier Province was officially renamed as Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.