Tag: Taliban

Taliban threaten to hit more installations in Pakistan

A top Taliban commander has threatened to carry out attacks on nine more key installations in Pakistan similar to the strike on Mehran Naval...

Luxury hotel in Kabul attacked

A group of fighters attacked the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul Tuesday Chief of Criminal Investigation, Mohammed Zahir told CNN. A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah...

Taliban commander shot dead

Gunmen shot dead a mid-level Pakistani Taliban commander in the lawless northwestern tribal belt on the Afghan border on Monday, security officials said. Pakistani...

Gunmen kill Taliban commander: officials

Gunmen shot dead a mid-level Taliban commander in the tribal belt on the Afghan border on Monday, security officials said. Pakistani officials said they were...

Taliban threat husband-and-wife suicide attack

Taliban claimed on Monday that a married Uzbek couple carried out the suicide attack on a police station at the weekend and threatened further...

Taliban leader saying ‘no’ to civilian targets

A Taliban leader who claims to control hundreds of foot soldiers said that he had broken with the militia and would form his own...

TTP vows revenge attacks on US, France, Britain targets

Pakistani Taliban, a close ally of al Qaeda, threatened to attack American, France and Britan targets abroad to avenge the death of Osama bin...

10 cops killed by Taliban in DI Khan

Ten policemen, including a station house officer (SHO), were killed and several others injured when suspected Taliban launched a gun and suicide attack on...

‘Talks with Taliban not pleasant but necessary’

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has said that US talks with the Afghan Taliban were “not a pleasant business, but a necessary one,”...

UK talking peace with Taliban

Britain urged Pakistan on Thursday to play a constructive role for the success of reconciliatory efforts in Afghanistan as it admitted that it too...

Britain says in contact with Taliban

Britain is contact with Taliban insurgents to help pave the way to peace in Afghanistan, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday. "Contacts do...

Taliban bomber targets Afghan governor, kills 2

A Taliban suicide bomber targeted a provincial governor in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two civilians and wounding another two, the interior ministry said....

Taliban force 8-year-old girl to wear suicide vest

An eight-year-old Pakistani girl was kidnapped by Islamist militants who forced her to wear a suicide vest to attack security forces, police said on...

12 Taliban fighters detained in Afghanistan: official

Security forces detained a dozen Taliban fighters during a night operation against Taliban hideout in Takhar province, some 245 km north of Afghan capital...

Headway in Taliban talks may be months off: Gates

It could be months before efforts to broker a peace deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban bear fruit, US Defence Secretary Robert...

25 terrorists killed, 4 soldiers martyred in Mohmand

At least 25 terrorists were killed while 3 security personnel have been martyred in a clash between heavily armed militants and security forces on...

Three soldiers die in Taliban clash: officials

Three Pakistani soldiers were killed and at least 13 wounded when dozens of Taliban stormed a check post in a tribal town near the...