Tag: Taliban

Taliban commander killed in Risalpur

A wanted terrorist and Taliban commander Jamal Uddin (Janat Gul) was killed in police encounter in Akora Khattak area of Risalpur. Reportedly, police got tip...

Sirajuddin Haqqani dares US to attack N Waziristan

Sirajuddin Haqqani, the head of a group his father founded in the 1980s, said that he looked forward to a U.S. ground attack. "The United...

Taliban silence on Rabbani spotlights splits

The Taliban’s ‘no comment’ on the murder of Afghanistan’s top peace broker highlights splits within the militia and a plethora of factions who may...

14 more fall to Taliban terrorism

A Taliban suicide bomber killed eight people when he flattened the house of a senior superintendent of police in Karachi on Monday, as an...

Taliban claim responsibility for Karachi blast

Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on the house of a police officer here on Monday morning, which killed six police guards,...

Fix Taliban or brace for ‘hot pursuit’, Kabul told

Following the deployment of additional troops along the border with Afghanistan at Chitral and Dir to stop the cross-border Taliban assaults from Afghan soil,...

Taliban claim to destroy US drone

Taliban have claimed to destroy the unmanned US aircraft that crashed in South Waziristan here on Sunday, sources said. According to media reports, militants targeted...

Some Taliban groups desire dialogue: Malik

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday said some of the Taliban groups have desired talks with the government. Talking to reporters outside the Parliament House,...

Kabul raid a tactical victory for Taliban: analysts

A dramatic Taliban assault on the heart of Kabul inflicted relatively little damage, but scored an important strategic victory for insurgents who showed again...

Peshawar mourns deaths of students in Taliban attack

Feeling of grief and sorrow continued to grip Peshawar for the second day on Wednesday over the martyrdom of four school going children in...

Kabul Taliban siege ends with 27 dead

A Taliban assault on the Afghan capital was quelled Wednesday after 19 hours of hailing rockets, grenades and suicide blasts that left 27 dead...

Gunmen kill three intelligence officials

Suspected gunmen ambushed a security vehicle on Wednesday, killing three intelligence officials in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, police said. One official was injured in the attack in...

Peshawar mourns children’s death in Taliban attack

Feeling of grief and sorrow continued to grip provincial capital for the second straight day on Wednesday follow the killing of four school going...

No words, they were just children

In an unexplained act of terrorism that cannot possibly be justified by any logic, ideology or creed, Taliban militants opened fire on a school...

Taliban target NATO, US embassy in Kabul

Taliban gunmen armed with suicide bombs and heavy weaponry on Tuesday launched coordinated attacks in Kabul, targeting NATO's headquarters, the US Embassy and the...

Washington backs opening Taliban office in Qatar

The United States has endorsed plans for the Taliban to open political headquarters in the Gulf state of Qatar by the end of the...

US agrees to opening of Taliban office

The United States has endorsed plans for the Taliban to open political headquarters in the Gulf state of Qatar by the end of the...