Seven people, including four policemen, were wounded in a car bomb attack in Rawalpindi. A senior aide to Mullah Fazlullah and 60 Taliban fighters surrendered in Swat; security forces killed two terrorists and detained eight more. The UN said that some civilians who fled the Swat operation may have to winter in temporary camps.
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Faqir Mohammed has assumed temporary command of the Taliban while Muslim Khan has been named the new spokesman. Security forces killed five Taliban fighters and captured 29 more in Swat. A lashkar killed three Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The Taliban killed three government officials in Bajaur and torched a school in Lower Dir.
Faqir said the move is temporary as Baitullah Mehsud is alive but recovering from an illness. Muslim Khan has been named the new spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban after Maulvi Omar was captured on Monday.
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A suicide bomber killed three security personnel in Miramshah in North Waziristan. Security forces captured Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar, who is said to have claimed Baitullah Mehsud is dead. Sufi Mohammed’s detention is being challenged in the Peshawar High Court. The military said months are needed to launch a ground operation in South Waziristan.
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Maulvi Omar and two aides were reportedly detained while traveling in the Taliban-run tribal agency. A senior Taliban leader was captured in Islamabad.
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The Taliban took credit for a suicide attack that killed seven people in Charsadda. The military killed 13 Taliban fighters in Swat and two more in Bajaur, and detained a senior Taliban suicide bomber recruiter in Islamabad. The leader of the Millat-e-Islamia was killed in Khairpur; the killing sparked riots in Karachi and Sindh.
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Haji Turkistan Bhittani reaffirmed his loyalty to Mullah Omar and wants to continue the fight in Helmand province after his Taliban rivals are eliminated. Bhittani is backed by the Pakistani state.
Seventeen of Mullah Nazir’s fighters were killed in an ambush in South Waziristan; Turkistan Bhittani claimed Nazir was among those killed. The military killed 15 Taliban fighters in South Waziristan and six more in Swat. Twenty-two Taliban fighters surrendered in Dir and 14 TNSM fighters and a senior leader surrendered in Buner.
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Forces loyal to Baitullah Mehsud reportedly ambushed a convoy of Mullah Nazir’s fighters as they traveled to Wana, killing 17 fighters. Baitullah’s spokesman denied involvement.
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Two policemen have been beheaded and a local politician has been kidnapped as the Taliban continue to consolidate positions in regions outside of Swat.
A suicide bomber killed five civilians in Swat. The Taliban killed one soldier during an ambush on a military convoy in North Waziristan and wounded 11 more in a rocket attack on a base, and destroyed three NATO tankers at a terminal in Pishin in Baluchistan. The military killed eight Taliban fighters in Swat.
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