Tag: Taliban

Taliban claim assassination of Karzai’s brother

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the assassination of President Hamid Karzai's younger brother on Tuesday, calling it "one of our biggest achievements" in nearly...

Taliban aim to sabotage Afghan transition: UK military

Taliban insurgents are trying to sabotage a security handover in the capital of Afghanistan's violent southern Helmand province, but Afghan police and troops can...

Rehman confirms Taliban’s presence in Karachi

Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed the presence of Taliban in Karachi where the jinx of target killing is out of control from last...

Pakistani Taliban kill 38 Afghans

At least 33 policemen and five civilians were killed in fighting after Taliban crossed over from Pakistan and attacked a remote region in eastern...

Afghan Taliban deny they are discussing peace

The Afghan Taliban again refuted on Wednesday claims they had entered into talks with the West to try and find an end to the...

Memories of Taliban still haunt people of Swat

It is more than two years since the Taliban roamed Swat with impunity and threatened to kill him, but Mohammad Karim is still scared...

‘Taliban kidnapped Swiss couple for ransom’

The Swiss couple that was kidnapped in Balochistan four days ago has been moved to the Taliban heartland of South Waziristan near the Afghan...

Cameron says Taliban could have future in govt

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday said Afghanistan’s Taliban could have a future as part of a government, as former militants did in...

Qaeda manual tells terrorists to pretend to be gay

Al Qaeda militants in Britain were told to lie about their sexuality in an attempt to avoid women who may be spies, it has...

TTP’s key commander arrested from Islamabad

A key commander of banned terrorists’ organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been arrested here on Sunday. According to a private television channel, the TTP commander...

Taliban kill three policemen

Around two dozen Taliban armed with rocket launchers and automatic weapons attacked a police checkpost in northwest Pakistan Sunday, killing three policemen and wounding...

Taliban did not hurt us: freed Frenchmen

Two French journalists, reunited with their families on Thursday after 18 months’ of captivity in Afghanistan, said their Taliban captors did not hurt them...

40 militants killed in operation

Pakistani troops backed by jets and helicopter gunships have killed 40 militants in tribal area bordering Afghanistan in the past three days, military commander...

Taliban threaten to hit more installations

A top Taliban commander has threatened to carry out attacks on nine more key installations across Pakistan similar to the attack on PNS Mehran...

Pakistan tells US military to leave ‘drone’ attack base

Pakistan told the United States to leave a remote desert air base reportedly used as a hub for covert CIA drone attacks, Defence Minister...

Kurram Agency operation underway

The security forces’ operation against terrorists in Kurram Agency continued on Wednesday, as temporary relief camps have been set up in Lower Kurram Agency. According...

Army Chief, DG ISI not indispensible: Ahmed Mukthar

Federal Defense Minister Ch. Ahmed Mukthar on Wednesday in univocal terms said that no one including Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Parvez...