Tag: Haqqani network

US offers $30mn in search for Haqqani leaders

WASHINGTON- The United States offered a total $30 million Wednesday in return for information on key leaders of the feared Haqqani militant network, blamed...

US wants Pak army to target Haqqani network

Pakistani army offensive in North Waziristan has disrupted many militant groups in the tribal region but the operation’s success would be to prevent reconstitution...

Do not let Haqqani fighters resettle, US tells Pakistan

The US government urged Pakistan on Friday to prevent displaced Haqqani militants from returning to their traditional sanctuary after a Pakistani military offensive near...

Terrorists were shifted from NWA before operation: Afghan intelligence agency

Afghan intelligence agency National Directorate of Security (NDS) has alleged that Pakistani military offensive in North Waziristan, Operation Zarb-e-Azb, did not have any effect...

Afghans allege Pak Army only targeting local terrorists in NWA

Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday alleged that Pakistan Army is only targeting local fighters in ongoing Operation Zarb-e-Azb in Pakistan’s North Waziristan...

Pakistan must crack down the Haqqanis or have $300 million sliced...

BANNU- A U.S. drone strike in volatile northwestern Pakistan killed 11 militants today, a Taliban commander and security officials said, as Pakistani security forces...

Haqqani Network grows into worst enemy for US: WP

Analysts say neither US nor Pakistan has launched campaign to take down terrorist group The Haqqani Network, the terrorist group that the US command in...

US kills Haqqani Network top commander in NWA attack

Haqqani Network commander Sangeen Zadran was killed early on Friday in a United States (US) drone attack on village Dargo Mandi in North Waziristan...

Haqqanis to join Omar’s Taliban in US peace talks

  As the US plans to hold formal peace talks with the Mullah Omar-led Taliban in the next few days, another very powerful insurgent group,...

UN sanctions unlikely to end Haqqani safe haven in Pakistan

Now that the Haqqani network has been recognized as a terrorist organization by the world’s premier governing body, are its days of refuge in...

Pakistan urges all Afghan insurgents to pursue peace

Pakistan hopes to persuade Afghan insurgent groups, including the Haqqani network, to pursue peace but worries resistance from political factions opposed to the Taliban...

Badruddin Haqqani believed dead, claims US newspaper

Badruddin Haqqani, the operational commander of the Haqqani network, is believed to have died on Friday in missile strikes on Pakistan’s tribal area of...

Obama signs law on Haqqani network

US President Barack Obama signed on Friday the Haqqani Network Terrorist Designation Act of 2012 into law to determine the designation of haqqani network...

Pulling the plug on power crisis

Karachi Terrorism has taken a backseat in Pakistan. As the nation continues to face growing US pressure to carry out operations against the Haqqani...

Haqqani ‘most ominous threat’ to US-Pak ties

The Haqqani network has emerged as the most ominous threat to the already fragile US-Pakistan ties as American officials consider the terror group has...

Spy chiefs of US, Pakistan to meet on August 1-3

The United States is likely to press Pakistan afresh for a military operation in North Waziristan during the vital talks between senior American officials...

US imposes sanctions on Taliban and Haqqani network leaders

The United States has imposed sanctions on two individuals linked with the Taliban and the Haqqani network, the US Department of Treasury has said. Bakht...