In Pakistan, the Taliban took hostage ten soldiers.

In the north-west Pakistan squad of fighters of the Taliban attacked the position of the militia engaged in anti-terrorist operation, and the taking hostage of 10 fighters, reported Agence France-Presse. The fate of prisoners of the information is not available.
The attack happened in the town of Dir district in the region, where for the past few days, Pakistani security forces and paramilitary groups carry out an operation to destroy the Taliban who invaded it from the nearby Swat Valley.
About 60 militants have stormed the camp units, the main force which at that time engaged in active combat against the Taliban and the location of the missing. A few days earlier, at the beginning of the invasion, the Taliban managed to capture prisoners for more than 50 police officers and soldiers of paramilitary units.
The President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari in the middle of April to comply with the agreements previously reached by the leaders of the Taliban and signed a law on the introduction of Sharia in the valley of Swat. Militants in response pledged to cease hostilities and not to seek to expand its influence in other areas.
However, the Taliban will soon violated the agreement and invaded located a hundred kilometers from Islamabad areas. They found a block-posts on the road and began patrolling the area. The government initially offered the rebels to voluntarily leave the occupied territories, as April 28, beginning large-scale hostilities.
April 29, part of Pakistan's army smashed the rebels from the capital city of the district Buner Dagar.