Tag: Haqqani network

FATF tells Pakistan to implement action plan till May

--Pakistan told to address strategic counter-terror financing deficiencies if it wishes to be de-listed from grey list --FATF asks Pakistan to act against facilities, services owned...

Hope renewed for Afghan peace deal as Kabul ‘frees 9 Haqqani...

--Report claims released militants include Anas Haqqani, younger brother of Haqqani Network chief Sirajuddin --Release of captured militants was reportedly a key demand of Taliban...

Future of US-Pakistan relations rests upon progress in Afghanistan, says Qureshi

--FM says Pakistan should not be held responsible for difficulties in Afghanistan --Says Pakistan will use all options to help persuade moderate elements of Afghan Taliban...

Afghan security forces arrest 11 Haqqani militants in Kabul

KABUL: Eleven members of the Haqqani militant network have been arrested in the Afghan capital, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Wednesday,...

Haqqani Network founder Jalaluddin Haqqani dead

--Afghan Taliban say leader of Afghanistan's most feared militant outfit died 'after a long battle with illness'   KABUL: Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of the Haqqani...

Pakistan delegation reaches Kabul to discuss peace plan

Delegation is headed by Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua and comprises senior civil, military officials KABUL: A high-level Pakistan delegation on Monday reached Afghanistan to hold...

Ex-OBL aide roaming freely in Pakistan: report

ISLAMABAD: He is crisscrossing Pakistan championing a fatwa, or Islamic religious decree, forbidding militant violence inside the country. But the mere fact that Fazlur...

US, UAE missed opportunity to capture Taliban leader: report

WASHINGTON: The US government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) missed an opportunity to capture the late leader of the Afghan Taliban when he...

White House supports proposed Afghan-led peace talks with Haqqani Network: report

--Afghan NSA says 'we will not talk with anyone who is not reconcilable'   White House national security officials are backing an Afghan-led bid to pursue...

No terror sanctuaries exist in Pakistan: ISPR DG

--Ghafoor calls for need to peacefully resolve all disputes with India, including Kashmir issue   ISLAMABAD: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Asif Ghafoor...

Violence drops for third straight year: report

ISLAMABAD: Deaths and injuries linked to militancy have dropped in Pakistan for the third consecutive year, with 21 per cent fewer incidents in 2017 than...

Russia shifting alliance as Pakistan manages relationship with US

ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan navigates its troubled relationship with the United States and scrambles to avoid being blacklisted for doing too little, too late to...

US, other countries equally concerned about terror financing, Pakistan told

--Curtis says int'l community is concerned about deficiencies in Pakistan's implementation of anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism finance regime --Key Trump aide calls for more action against Haqqani...

US official says Pakistan could evict, rather than kill militants

Says US did not have a specific timeline to assess Pakistani cooperation and would be looking to see if Islamabad would take 'tactical steps' against...

Two Haqqani militants killed following airstrike in Afghanistan

KABUL: Two militants of the Haqqani militant group were killed following an airstrike in Afghan province of Paktika on Sunday, said the command of...

TTP’s Sajna reportedly killed in US drone strike in NWA

A US drone strike along the Pak-Afghan border in the North Waziristan region has reportedly killed the deputy chief of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan...

Afghanistan claims it has ‘undeniable’ evidence attacks planned in Pakistan

Afghan officials claim recent attacks were planned on Pakistani soil Anti-Pakistan protests erupt in Kabul  Pakistan's embassy in Kabul says info provided by...