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The government is prepared to lift the state of emergency by December 15. Twenty Taliban were killed and up to 15 wounded in a helicopter assault and artillery barrage in Swat. Fifteen Taliban and six soldiers were killed after the Taliban ambushed a convoy in North Waziristan; 20 soldiers were wounded. The Taliban publicly executed a criminal in Kohat. Four CD shops were bombed in Peshawar.