Tag: Taliban
Of Hillary’s ‘good news’
During her press conference in Kabul on Thursday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton exhibited both joy – an apparent personal emotion – and...
The credit of victory
Recently The Times has published a report revealing the US support to the Taliban for opening of their office in Qatar by the end...
Kayani gives ‘NOC’ for talks with Taliban
Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Kayani has said that the Pakistan Army would have no objection if the government decided in favour of...
Attack in Khyber
The dastardly ambush by the militants in Khyber Agency is yet another instance of the TTP continuing on its deadly course of destabilizing Pakistan....
Taliban must give up arms before talks
Pakistan will only hold peace talks with Taliban insurgents if they lay down their arms first, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Tuesday.
"The minimum...
Pakistan wants Afghan action on Taliban cleric
Pakistan said on Monday that Afghan and U.S-led forces had failed to take action against a Taliban cleric responsible for a spate of cross-border...
Two boys manage to escape from the Taliban
Two boys from the 30 abducted on September 1 from Bajaur Agency managed to escape the Taliban on late Wednesday night. Per details, the...
Taliban terrorist sent to jail
A local court on Thursday sent a Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist Qari Inayat to jail on a judicial remand. Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate...
ANP leader slams proposals for peace talks with Taliban
Awami National Party Parliamentary leader Bashir Ahmad Bilour on Wednesday criticised demands for negotiations with the Taliban, saying such proposals came from those who...
‘Taliban can’t raise a finger without Pakistan’
As the war in Afghanistan hit the 10-year mark on Friday, President Hamid Karzai claimed the Taliban were being propped up by Pakistan and...
Pakistani comics deflect Taliban with ridicule
Bombs and burqas may be no joke, but stand-up comics in Pakistan defy death threats to poke fun at Taliban militants with an irreverent...
2 killed in Taliban bus shooting in S Afghanistan
The Taliban opened fire on a bus in southern Afghanistan Thursday killing two civilians, including a child, and wounding 16 others, a local official...
ISI faction sending Taliban to attack US troops: Mullen
Recently retired US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Mike Mullen, whose remarks on the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)’s links to the Haqqani network have...
Karzai reviewing Taliban peace strategy
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reviewing his strategy for making peace with the Taliban and will reveal the next steps “very soon,” a spokesman...
Taliban kill nine in Helmand
Nine Afghan police including a district chief were killed in separate Taliban attacks on Wednesday in the restive south of the country where security...
Taliban kill 8 police in S Afghanistan
Eight Afghan police were killed early Wednesday when Taliban militants apparently helped by an insider overran their checkpost in troubled southern Afghanistan, an official...
