Al Qaeda operative Abu Kasha was killed and Taliban leader Mullah Nazir was wounded during US strikes that killed 28 people in North and South Waziristan. Four police and five civilians were killed in a suicide attack at a police station in Mardan. The Taliban freed 19 soldiers and two civilians captured in South Waziristan and Mohmand in January.
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