The TNSM agreed to renounce violence in exchange for the release of Sufi Mohammed. Prime Minister Gilani said the government would not be blackmailed or release jailed terrorist as preconditions to talks. The Taliban warned it would resume fighting if the government does not stop the military operations in the tribal areas. A court ordered property own by Baitullah Mehsud be seized for his role in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Two soldiers were killed during a rescue of two UN workers in Landi Kotal.
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