Tag: Militancy
US urges Pakistan to nip militancy in the bud for own...
--Wells says LeT chief Hafiz Saeed must face prosecution for ‘vicious attacks’
WASHINGTON: The United States has appreciated Pakistan’s efforts to curb militancy but reminded...
Philippine troops battle militants after church blast
MANILA: Philippine troops on Saturday clashed with Abu Sayyaf gunmen in fierce jungle fighting that left five soldiers and three militants dead, as the...
70 BRA militants surrender weapons in Quetta
QUETTA: At least 70 militants and a commander of a banned outfit surrendered their weapons to the government on Tuesday.
The militants and the commander...
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...
Afghan forces’ operations kill 36 militants in Kandahar
KANDAHAR: Up to three dozen armed militants have been killed and dozens others injured as government forces stormed Taliban hideouts in Miwand district of...
Govt plans to reform religious seminaries
ISLAMABAD: In an effort to control militancy and the alleged abuse of madrassas (religious seminaries) by some militant groups operating in the country, Pakistan’s...
Refugees’ choice: Death in Afghanistan or bitter life in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Death awaits you in Afghanistan, says refugee Mohammad Wali, insisting he prefers to endure a grim existence in a Pakistani camp than return...
Senior Afghan officials in Pakistan after spate of attacks in Kabul
Report says Interior Minister Wais Barmak, NDS chief Masoom Stanekzai in Pakistan to handover evidence related to recent attacks in Afghan capital
Afghan envoy ‘surprised’...
US ‘confident’ Haqqani network behind Kabul ambulance bombing
Afghan envoy to UN says 'plot too complex for Taliban to have developed on their own
Afghan officials claim wave of Kabul terror...
‘Madrassah students are tied to sectarian thinking’, says report
PIPS study on madrassah students finds indigenous scholarship in madrassah sector missing
ISLAMABAD: Experts at a report launch on Wednesday noted that madrassah students...
Afghan Taliban political negotiators visiting Pakistan: media report
ISLAMABAD: The Taliban insurgency has quietly sent political negotiators to Pakistan from its Qatar-based office amid a new diplomatic push for encouraging peace talks...
Jamaatul Ahraar spokesman Asad Mansoor, two aides ‘surrender’
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Banned militant outfit Jamaatul Ahrar (JuA) spokesman Asad Mansoor along with two members of the terror group have handed themselves over to the Dera Ismail...
Afghanistan claims Haqqani network behind big attacks in cities, not Daesh
KABUL: Kabul has claimed that big attacks in Afghanistan were being conducted by Haqqani network under the name of Daesh, according to Tolo News.
“For...
Iranian military frees civilian hostage in Afghanistan
KABUL: Iran’s Commander of the IRGC Ground Force’s Quds Base General Mohammad Marani said on Sunday that the mission to free an Iranian national...
Surge in violent activities in Balochistan is alarming: analysts
‘Afghanistan, RAW responsible for violence in the province’
'IS through its sympathisers and supporters managing to make roots in Balochistan'
QUETTA: Quetta, the provincial...
Assault on Kabul spy training centre ends as attackers killed
KABUL: An assault on an Afghan intelligence facility claimed by Daesh ended Monday afternoon after police killed the attackers, an official said.
"The attack has...
Afghanistan says key Taliban commander arrested in Nangarhar night raid
KABUL: At least four Taliban militants were killed and a key commander of the group was arrested in a night raid carried out by...
