Tag: Haqqani network

Asif says Pakistan has offered US joint operation against Haqqani Network

  Pakistan has offered the United States a joint operation against the Haqqani Network, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said in an interview with a local...

Asif tells US not to blame Pakistan for ‘terrorists’ that once...

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Tuesday said Pakistan refuses to take the blame for the Haqqani Network and other militant outfits, reminding the...

Taliban, Haqqani network retain safe havens in Pakistan: Pentagon

  Afghan-oriented militant groups like the Taliban and the Haqqani Network retain freedom of action from inside Pakistani territory, the Pentagon has said, while asserting...

Pentagon not to pay Pakistan $300 million in military reimbursements

The Pentagon will not pay Pakistan $300 million in military reimbursements after US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter be decided not to tell Congress...

F-16 deal turned down due to ‘Haqqani’ network

Senate body asks if Husain Haqqani had anything to do with the deal not going through Foreign secretary says relations with US have soured after...

Key Haqqani network member killed in US drone strike in Paktika

A key member of the Haqqani terrorist network was killed in a drone strike in southeastern Afghanistan's Paktika province. The leader killed in the drone...

There are no good or bad terrorists, Ghani tells Pakistan

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

Afghanistan arrests Haqqani network members blamed for TV station attack

Afghan forces have arrested eight members of the feared Haqqani militant network who they say carried out a suicide attack this week on journalists...

Indian envoy claims Pakistan wants to hand over Taliban leadership to...

“India should intervene as Pakistan seems to be negotiating with only one faction of Taliban apart from giving leadership space to the Haqqani network, which is on the verge of getting international recognition as the de facto Taliban, due to Pakistan’s initiative."

Taliban may be holding ‘secret US hostage’ for over a year

Haqqani network may be holding the hostage near the Pak-Afghan border An American hostage has secretly been held in captivity in the borderlands of Afghanistan...

US asks Pak to move against Haqqani network

NSA Susan Rice tells Pak officials attacks in Afghanistan by ‘Pak-based’ militants ‘absolutely unacceptable’ Invites PM Sharif to visit US in Oct for meeting with...

Wikileaks reveals Saudi links with Haqqani Network

The Saudi embassy in Islamabad stayed in touch with the Haqqani Network and also facilitated medical treatment for militant group’s leader, reveals cables published...

Ban on Haqqani network still under consideration: Pak ambassador to US

WASHINGTON- A formal announcement on outlawing the Haqqani militant network, which has been responsible for numerous attacks on U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, is still...

Pakistan bans Haqqani network after security talks with Kerry

Officials say formal announcement to be made ‘within weeks' Pakistan has outlawed the Taliban-linked Haqqani network, officials said on Friday, days after US Secretary of...

US tells Pakistan to target LeT, Haqqanis too

US Secretary of State John Kerry says all militant groups that continue to pose a threat to Pakistan, its neighbours and US should be...

Haqqani network behind Afghan volleyball bombing: spy agency

“We have evidence that shows the Haqqani network was behind the attack in Paktika,” Haseeb Sediqi, spokesman for the National Directorate of Security, said.

Pakistan protests Pentagon’s charge of patronising militancy

Pentagon report accuses Pakistan of using militants as proxy forces against Afghanistan, India and providing sanctuary to Haqqani network of militants US envoy summoned to...