The Lal Masjid standoff has ended as the 2 remaining police have been released. The Taliban kidnapped 3 government agents, including a military intelligence official, in Bannu. Thirteen Taliban dead have been repatriated to North Waziristan after being killed in fighting in Afghanistan. The Taliban fired 7 rockets at a military outpost in Tank. President Musharraf promoted talks with the Taliban as he claimed ‘Pakistani intelligence agencies played no role in the creation of the Taliban.’
