Tag: Taliban

Afghanistan on Saturday hailed Washington´s decision to expand the US military´s authority to tackle a resurgent Taliban insurgency, saying the support will boost the...

Senior analyst and expert on Afghan affairs Rahimullah Yusufzai said that border issues, tensions, and distrust between the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan will...

The deal offers President Ashraf Ghani's government a concrete sign that it is making headway in drawing insurgent groups away from the battlefield and into the political process.

Funeral prayers of Khurram Zaki, a human rights activist and social media campaigner who was shot dead last night, were offered outside Chief Minister’s...

Afghan special forces have freed more than 60 prisoners held by the Taliban in a house in the southern province of Helmand, officials said...

It is a war of perception, you repeatedly hear: that the perception the Taliban are winning means the Taliban are winning. There is some logic...

Afghan security forces drove back Taliban insurgents attacking areas around the northern city of Kunduz, officials said on Saturday, after heavy fighting overnight in...

Afghan security forces drove Taliban fighters back from Kunduz city Friday, officials said, as the insurgents began the 2016 fighting season by targeting the...

With the addition of these six suspects, the total number of terrorists killed in the city after the deadly Gulshan-e-Iqbal bombing has risen to 11.

A small but significant militant faction on Thursday joined Afghanistan's fledgling peace process, a rare positive for an initiative that has been fraught with...

Timed bomb planted in bus carrying provincial govt employees kills at least 16, injures 30 others in Peshawar Police official says bomb was planted in...

There are some legal issues to put Jamaat ud Daawa on the fourth schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act but we are getting there, Interior...

The United States has assured the international community that Pakistan is capable of protecting its nuclear arsenal. The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, emphasised...

Shahbaz Taseer recovered in ‘intelligence-based raid’ on a house in Balochistan’s Kuchlak area five years after abduction Family refuses to comment on speculation that ransom...

The Afghan government still hopes to hold peace talks with the Taliban despite a recent statement from the insurgents saying they refuse to take...

17 killed as TTP’s Jamaatul Ahrar claims responsibility for suicide bombing at Charsadda courts Say attack was carried out to avenge hanging of former Punjab...

Negotiators of Afghan Taliban are still unsure about holding talks with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s government. The speculations are rife that the peace process that...