Tag: Haqqani

SC orders security for Haqqani, adjourns hearing till January

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on memo case till January next year while directing the federal interior secretary to...

UN imposes sanctions on Haqqani network

The UN committee that oversees sanctions against the Taliban imposed global sanctions Monday on the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, a fierce militant group considered a...

Prominent Haqqani leader killed in eastern Afghanistan

Afghan and coalition forces killed a known Haqqani leader during a security operation in Baraki Barak district, Logar province. NATO-led International Security Assistance Force following...

Haqqani urges US to take tougher line on Pakistan

Former Pakistani ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, has urged the American government to take a tougher line on Islamabad. “Pakistan ends...

Clinton says Haqqani designation not message to Pakistan

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said blacklisting the Afghan Haqqani militant group – operating along Pak-Afghan border and blamed for several attacks...

Taliban say US Haqqani blacklist ‘ineffective’

The Taliban denounced Saturday US moves to blacklist the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network as a terrorist organisation, saying it would have no impact on operations...

US on verge of blacklisting Haqqani network

The White House is on the verge of blacklisting the Haqqani network, blamed for a string of deadly attacks on US and Afghan forces,...

US pressuring Haqqani as blacklist deadline looms

The United States is keeping up pressure on the Pakistan-linked Haqqani network, a US official said Wednesday, just days ahead of a congressional deadline...

US may designate Haqqani network a terrorist organization

With a Congressional reporting deadline looming, the Obama administration appears ready to designate the Afghan Haqqani network as a terrorist organization, a major newspaper...

Pakistan needs to do more against Haqqani network: US

Reiterating the do more mantra US said that we are looking to work with Pakistan for action against Haqqani network. The spokesperson of the US...

US denies report about ceding Afghan territory to Haqqani network

The US embassy in Islamabad has denied assertions attributed to Brigadier General Stephen Twitty, a spokesman for the United States Forces in Afghanistan that...

Haqqani alive and well in Afghanistan: Taliban

Denying the recent projected death of Haqqani Network’s Badar-ud-Din Haqqani, Taliban spokesman Zabeeh Ullah Mujahid has declared Badar to be in good health and...

Drone strike may have killed Haqqani network leader

A CIA drone strike may have killed the operational commander of the Haqqani network, the insurgent group behind some of the most high-profile attacks...

Someone in Pakistan knew of bin Laden’s presence: Haqqani

United States and Pakistan should stop pretending that they are allies and amicably “divorce,” Pakistan’s former ambassador to Washington said on Wednesday, citing unrealistic...

Hillary Clinton considers blacklisting dreaded Haqqani Network

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will complete a reporting requirement within 30 days to determine whether the Afghan Haqqani militant group falls in...

Clinton considers blacklisting Haqqani Network

The US State Department on Tuesday voiced concern about the Haqqani network and said it was studying whether to designate the group as terrorists...

Haqqani calls for reorientation of Pak-US ties

Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani has said that Pakistan and the United States need to focus on friendship and not...