Four Taliban were killed in fighting with security forces in Bajaur Agency, Dawn News reported on Tuesday. According to the channel, an indefinite curfew remains in the neighbouring Mohmand Agency where security forces were targeting militant bases in Mohmand and Charmung area with heavy artillery and mortar shells. Separately, the channel said that the authorities had set up village police in Lower Dir to improve low and order in the district. The process of establishing the local police was completed on Tuesday with the distribution of certificates among around 450 volunteers during a ceremony in the Timergarah area, the channel added. It reported the Lower Dir district police officer saying that the village police would conduct joint patrolling along with regular police in different areas of the district.
Girls' school: NNI reported that unidentified men blew up a girls' school with explosives in Swat as an operation against the Taliban entered a second day.
Sources said helicopter gunships were also used in the operation and curfew remained in force. According to the ISPR Media Centre in Swat, no casualty was reported in the incident.
APP reported that the father and brother of key Taliban commander Ibn-e-Aman sustained critical injuries in a bloody clash with security forces in Matta in Swat.
Local Taliban in the Orakzai Agency have agreed to lay down arms, demolish training camps and expel foreign fighters, including Uzbeks and Arabs, from their respective areas, according to Dawn News.
A Mamozai tribal elder told the channel that local Taliban could stay in the area if they gave assurance of good conduct.