Tag: Taliban

The Taliban office in Doha was a plot to break up Afghanistan orchestrated by either Pakistan or the United States, a top aide to...

At least five people, including two security forces personnel, were killed and seven others were injured in three separate violent acts at Bajaur Agency...

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s suggestion of setting up a working group for talking to the Taliban might signal that the PM is simply playing...

Days after Malala Yousufzai made a passionate appeal at the UN for the education of children, the Taliban on Wednesday asked the teenage activist...

Pakistani Taliban commanders on Tuesday rejected suggestions they were sending fighters to Syria, saying some have gone there independently but the movement’s focus remained...

A pamphlet highlighting punishments and orders for the month of Ramadan was issued by the Taliban in Wana, the main town in South Waziristan...

    The Pakistani Taliban have visited Syria to set up a base and to assess "the needs of the jihad", a Taliban official told the...

The classroom in Ghalanai, an area nestled amid the mountains of Pakistan’s tribal belt, has the air of a military camp: a solitary tent...

In her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 16th birthday...

  A militant “court” has stayed the removal of Ehsanullah Ehsan as the central spokesman for banned militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for another 45...

An Afghan Taliban official on Tuesday said they were temporarily closing their Qatar office to protest against the demand that they remove their official...

At least five security personnel were killed and three were injured in a suicide attack at Bowia checkpost in North Waziristan on Thursday. According to...

A dispute over a sign has scuttled US plans to launch immediate peace talks with the Taliban. James Dobbins, the US special representative to Afghanistan...

Three Indian workers were killed in Tuesday's Taliban attack on a guesthouse in Kabul, Indian media quoting officials reported on Wednesday. Top Indian government...

  Pakistan on Tuesday assured the US administration about its renewed efforts to help restart the dialogue process for peace in Afghanistan, with adviser to...

  International-backed efforts to seek a negotiated end to the 12 years of grinding war in Afghanistan have suffered another blow after Taliban rebels apparently...

    Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry has denied reports about direct Pakistani contacts with the Taliban regarding Doha talks. During his weekly briefing in Islamabad...