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The Taliban have taken control of most of Buner despite promising to withdraw. The NWFP government and the TNSM vowed to keep the Swat peace deal intact. The Taliban destroyed six NATO oil tankers in a bombing in Peshawar and beheaded two "US Spies" in North Waziristan. The Lahore police claimed India was behind the attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team and the police training center.
Taliban move on Buner despite promise to withdraw
Buner showcases the failure of Pakistan's efforts to encourage the tribes to resist the Taliban.Pakistani ambassador: The Swat valley will be cleared of extremists
Pakistan bites the hand that feeds it
New conditions incorporated into Pakistan aid bill
Talks only if militants lay down arms: Gilani
Sufi Mohammad has ended the peace agreement in Swat. The Taliban reportedly agreed to withdraw from Buner. One person was killed and eight more were wounded, including the political agent for Kurram, in an ambush in Hangu. Pakistan's foreign office said there is no credible evidence that al Qaeda's leaders are inside the country.
Rifts in Taliban alliance threaten leader
Swat peace agreement collapses
Pro-Taliban leader Sufi Mohammed has called off the Malakand Accord and claimed the federal government is dragging its feet on signing the law that would implement sharia.
Taliban will soon capture Islamabad, says Mullah Nazir
The US killed four Taliban fighters in an airstrike in South Waziristan. Security forces detained more than 150 Afghans and tribesmen in Lahore. Police in Karachi detained five Lashkar-e-Jhangvi fighters. The Buner tribes are organizing more lashkars to fight the Taliban who are advancing in the district.
Al Qaeda gang that attacked NATO convoys arrested in Karachi
Austrian Al-Qaeda cell watched for 3 years
US Predator kills 4 in South Waziristan strike
The latest attack took place in the tribal areas run by Mullah Nazir. A Predator fired on a vehicle in the town of Gangi Khel, the scene of a strike in January.
Pakistan arrests 5 militants planning attacks
Alarm at LoC but it's jihadis, not Taliban
Sixteen Taliban fighters, three policemen, and two tribal fighters were killed during fighting in Buner. The Taliban killed two policemen in Kohat and bombed a music shop in Peshawar. Tribes in Dir threatened to attack the Taliban if hostages are not released.
Taliban advance on Buner
The Pakistani Taliban seek to spread sharia by force in a small district in Pakistan's northwest.Pakistan: Country ponders militancy and 'war on terror'
Pakistan's ISI has contacts with extremists: Gates
