Tag: Taliban

Civil society protests against terrorism, in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi

Civil society took to the streets in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore against the growing menace of terrorism on Monday. Members of the civil society gathered...

15 militants killed in Kurram checkpost attack

Kurram is one of the most sensitive tribal areas as it borders three Afghan provinces and at one point was one of the key routes for militant movement across the border.

Seven militants killed in Mohmand clashes

At least seven militants were killed in a clash with security forces in Mohmand Agency on Saturday, according to a statement by the Inter-Services...

ATC indicts Sufi Mohammad in sedition case

Sufi Mohammad is the father-in-law of outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah

Bomb defused, four militants killed in Bannu

Police were informed early in the morning that unidentified miscreants had planted a bomb outside Badshah Khan Government Primary School

Six security men martyred in Mansehra, Kurram explosions

At least four security men were killed in an explosion targeting a convoy of security forces in Warmagai area of Kurram tribal region while two policemen including an additional SHO were killed in an explosion near Lorry Adda located on Karakoram Road in Mansehra on Tuesday.

Cleric arrested for ‘pro-Taliban’ Friday sermon

A cleric, Qari Ahrar, was Wednesday arrested by security agencies on charges of supporting the Taliban during his Friday sermon last week in Lahore. Ahrar,...

Bajaur clash kills three soldiers, seven militants

A group of militants attacked them in the afternoon triggering “a heavy exchange of fire which lasted for several hours”

Pakistan hits back at Taliban with emotional song

Pakistan Army has hit back at the Taliban terrorists, who massacred children at an army-run school at Peshawar, with a moving message from a...

Wagah blast ‘mastermind’ among 3 TTP terrorists killed in Lahore‎ raid

Intelligence agencies had been on a hunt for Roohullah alias Asadullah, the alleged mastermind of the Wagah attack since the Nov 2 bombing that killed at least 60 people.

TTP Jamaatul Ahrar claims attack on Rawalpindi imambargah

“We claim responsibility of the attack on the imambargah and vow to continue such attacks,” spokesman of Jamatul Ahrar, Ehsanullah Ehsan, said in an email.

‘Peshawar attack is a warning to India’

Former Indian army chief, lawmaker fears replication of Peshawar like episode in India by indigenous jihadi elements   Shankar Roychowdhury, Indian writer, former chief of army...

Taliban join online jokes over Afghanistan’s government failure to name a...

Taliban insurgents have joined in on a deluge of online jokes at the expense of Afghanistan’s government over its failure to name a new...

KP govt sets Rs10m bounty for Mullah Fazlullah, Mangal Bagh

The list issued by the government on Monday contains names of militants and proclaimed offenders from 22 districts of the province and tribal areas except for those from Karak and Torghar.

Terrorist leader Ehsanullah Ehsan networking on LinkedIn: report

The disclosure that Ehsan has an open profile on LinkedIn is potentially embarrassing for the networking site

Blast at football ground kills five in Lower Orakzai Agency

The incident appears to be an act of targeted killing with sectarian motives

Lal Masjid’s expansionism, militant links alarms agencies: report

ISI report says “Lal Masjid mafia” has links with militant groups and land grabbers and is currently reorganising the Ghazi Force militant group spawned by his own followers after the Lal Masjid operation