Tag: Militants
Pakistan’s educated youth echoes radicalised views of militant groups
ISLAMABAD: When Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai returned to her home country after six years, she received a hero’s welcome: she met...
Two ‘terrorists’ killed in Mohmand Agency
PESHAWAR: The security personnel on Monday killed two suspected terrorists in an operation in Mohmand Agency.
According to details, the FC, on a tip-off, launched...
Four alleged militants killed in Rangers’ Lyari operation
Family claims killed terrorist was mentally challenged, security officials deny
KARACHI: At least five alleged militants were killed in the Lyari operation conducted by Sindh...
Areas along Afghan border no longer under influence of terrorists: ISPR...
DUBAI: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor said Pakistan has cleared the areas under influence of terrorists on its side...
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...
Three Jamaatul Ahrar militants killed in Afghanistan: reports
PESHAWAR: A local Afghan militia has killed three commanders of Hizbul Tehreer—a splinter group of Pakistan Taliban— in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, an area near...
30 civilians released, 8 militants killed as Afghan forces storm Taliban...
Afghan forces have attacked a Taliban detention center in the eastern Laghman province killing eight militants and setting free 30 civilians, the Defense Ministry...
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...
Drone strike kills eight suspected militants, destroys Taliban drug factory in...
KABUL: An unmanned plane has targeted a drug lab of Taliban in the western Farah province, killing eight militants and destroying a drug lab...
Operation Raad-ul-Fasaad: Balochistan FC arrests 20 ‘militants’ in raids
QUETTA: As many as 20 suspected terrorists were rounded up during various Intelligence-Based Operations (IBOs) conducted in numerous areas of Balochistan by Frontier Corps...
Egypt forces kill 16 militants in Sinai offensive: amry
SINAI: At least 16 militants have been killed and four others were arrested in a massive security operation the northern Sinai Peninsula, the Egyptian...
83 Taliban militants killed in southern Afghanistan
MAIWAND: An Afghan security official says 83 Taliban fighters were killed during an operation by intelligence forces in the southern province of Kandahar late...
Turkish army airstrikes kill 49 Kurdish militants in Iraq
ISTANBUL: Turkish warplanes struck 19 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq on Monday, killing 49 militants, Turkey’s armed forces said on Thursday.
Two...
Taliban members with ‘Pakistan links’ put on US terror blacklist: report
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration on Thursday designated as global terrorists six individuals accused of supporting the Taliban and Haqqani network in Afghanistan, and stressed...
Turkish army launches new strikes on YPG militants in Afrin
AFRIN: The Turkish army said it launched new strikes on Saturday against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in northern Syria, amid mounting...
Libyan army launch operation against JEM militants
TRIPOLI: Commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces, backed by Tobruk-based House of Representatives in Libya, started an operation on Thursday against the Justice and Equality Movement...
Police constable shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA: A police constable was killed on Tuesday by unidentified men on Quetta's Raisani Road, in another alleged attack on law enforcers in Balochistan.
The attack...