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The suicide attack against the elite military counterterrorism unit earlier this week was likely an inside job. The president of the Taliban-supporting MMA political party blamed the government for the suicide attack. The Taliban released 11 captured paramilitary troops in Bannu. Six soldiers have gone missing in North Waziristan after fighting the Taliban. A jirga has been dispatched to North Waziristan to negotiate a Ramadan peace agreement.