Tag: Taliban
Afghan Taliban suicide attack wounds 50 US soldiers
A Taliban suicide bomber driving a truck attacked a NATO combat post in central Afghanistan on Sunday, killing two people and wounding more than...
Taliban must face ‘more pain’ for talks: US envoy
The Taliban must feel “more pain” for peace talks to progress, the US ambassador to Kabul said, as Afghans Friday marked a decade since...
Stop cross-border Taliban attacks, Kayani tells ISAF
Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday asked the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to prevent cross-border Taliban attacks from...
ISI wants Taliban to keep India out of Kabul: US think...
The ISI wants the Taliban to be influential enough within the Afghan government that it can keep India out of Afghanistan, an influential American...
Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for Quetta blasts
Pakistani taliban have claimed responsibility for a car bomb followed by a suicide attack targeting security forces that killed 25 people and wounded at...
Bajaur Taliban claim responsibility for youths’ abduction
Taliban militants from Bajaur Agency hiding across the border in Afghanistan claimed responsibility for abducting 23 youths on second day of Eid Ul Fitr...
Afghan Taliban free four Turkish engineers
Four Turkish engineers kidnapped by Afghanistan’s Taliban more than eight months ago were freed overnight after intervention by tribal elders. The men, taken captive...
Taliban say they abducted Bajaur children
Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for the abduction of 25 children from the Ghakhi Pass area of Bajaur Agency after which tribal elders from...
Taliban kidnap up to 25 visitors
Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for holding up to 25 boys hostage as punishment for tribesmen who supported the army in operations against militants.
Officials...
More than 30 children made captive by Taliban
Taliban militants allegedly made captive more than 30 Pakistani children from Bajaur Agency who had mistakenly crossed over into Afghanistan on Thursday, but reportedly...
‘US money is Taliban’s biggest source of revenue’
US contracts have been the biggest source of funds for the Taliban except for the opium harvest, a report issued by the Commission on...
Taliban won’t participate in Bonn moot: Mullah Omar
Taliban leader Mullah Omar in an Eid message on Tuesday said the upcoming Bonn Conference was symbolic and the Taliban would not participate in...
Cross-border Taliban raid kills 25 troops
Hundreds of Taliban militants from Afghanistan launched a pre-dawn cross-border raid on security forces’ checkposts in the border regions of Chitral district on Saturday,...
Taliban target US base, kill 25
Bomb attacks killed 25 people in Afghanistan on Thursday, ripping through a minibus packed with civilians and targeting a US-run base in the east...
Taliban claim twin Peshawar bombings
The Pakistani Taliban on Friday claimed responsibility for a rare female suicide attack and another bombing against police to “avenge” military operations in the...
Taliban claim Peshawar female suicide attack
The Pakistani Taliban on Friday claimed responsibility for a rare female suicide attack and another bombing against police to "avenge" military operations in the...
Taliban says fighters who downed US chopper alive
The Taliban denied Thursday that the fighters responsible for downing a US helicopter, killing 38 people, had been killed.
The comments came after General John...