Tag: Afghan Taliban

Pakistan, which says it is hosting the Afghan Taliban’s top leadership in order to exert influence over them, has lambasted the United States over the drone attack, calling it a violation of its sovereignty.

Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Friday said that the Afghan Taliban have not yet responded positively to the efforts...

The meeting of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG), headed by Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry, was held in Islamabad after a gap of three months against the backdrop of growing differences among the countries involved in the Afghan peace process.

A three-member delegation of the Afghan Taliban has arrived in Islamabad to discuss possibility of negotiations with the Afghan government, a report in the...

Afghan president says Pakistan should wipe out Taliban leaders finding shelter in Pakistani cities of Peshawar and Quetta rather than trying to bring them to peace talks

The Afghan Taliban announced Tuesday the start of their "spring offensive" even as the government in Kabul tries to bring the insurgents back to...

Afghan Taliban on Monday fired rockets at the newly-built building in Kabul as the country’s top intelligence official and caretaker minister of interior prepared...

The chief of a breakaway Afghan Taliban group, Mullah Muhammad Rasool, has been detained by Pakistani authorities, according to two Taliban leaders on Monday....

Mullah Akhtar Mansoor claims Taliban are winning the war and are ‘in a better state than at any other time’ The leader of the Afghan...

Islamabad is reluctant to host direct talks between Afghan government and the Taliban and has communicated to the Afghan government that it should remain...

Pakistan's influence over the insurgents is the lynchpin to the peace plan developed over last few months by Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and China to bring an end to the 15-year-old war in Afghanistan.

Pakistani officials threatened to expel Afghanistan’s Taliban from bases in Pakistan if they did not join peace talks this month, but the militants rebuffed...

Pakistani actor Hamza Ali Abbasi posted another controversial piece on Facebook stating his gratitude to the Afghan Taliban. The actor praised Shahbaz Taseer for his...

Afghan Taliban deny 'rescuing' Shahbaz Taseer, say have never had young man in their custody Report presented to Interior Minister Nisar says Taseer was set...

Security agencies on Thursday claimed to have arrested 14 members of the Afghan Taliban during a raid in Quetta's Pashtoonabad area. The militants were picked...