Tag: Taliban
Taliban rejects pleas by Afghan elders for a ceasefire extension
KABUL: The Taliban on Monday rejected pleas by Afghan elders and activists for an extension of this month's ceasefire and said they amounted to...
Taliban kill 16 Afghan soldiers, kidnap engineers after ceasefire ends
KABUL: Taliban militants killed at least 16 Afghan police and two civilians in western Badghis province after their three-day ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr...
Taliban neither good nor bad, will be hunted down, Pakistan reaffirms
--FO doesn't rule out hot pursuit of TTP terrorists into Afghanistan, says country will continue indiscriminate action against militants
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday...
US reputs Pakistan on notice for ‘inaction’ against Taliban sanctuaries
Alice Wells says 'despite some positive indicators, the administration has not yet seen Pakistan take the sustained or decisive steps that it would have...
Taliban kill 30 Afghan soldiers in first major attack since ceasefire
KABUL: Taliban militants killed 30 Afghan soldiers and captured a military base in the western province of Badghis on Wednesday, the provincial governor said,...
Afghan officials hold security talks with ISI chief
ISLAMABAD: A high-powered Afghan security delegation visited Pakistan on Tuesday for official talks on how to jointly push peace and reconciliation efforts in Afghanistan,...
China appreciates Afghanistan’s ceasefire with Taliban
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday appreciated Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s statement of a ceasefire with the Taliban and welcomed his efforts to promote...
After Afghan ceasefire gamble, prospects rise for US-Taliban talks
KABUL: Prospects have risen for negotiations between the Taliban and the United States after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called a ceasefire and allowed militants...
Pakistani Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah killed in Afghanistan
--Afghan Defence Ministry spokesman confirms notorious terrorist's killing in US drone strike in Kunar province on June 13
--Drone targeted vehicle carrying Fazlullah and four...
Afghan Taliban leader calls for talks with Eid message
KABUL: Taliban leader Mullah Hehbatullah Akhundzada said in an Eid message that the group's fight is to ensure the US military vacates Afghanistan, TOLO...
Taliban kill Afghan officials as government’s ceasefire kicks in
KABUL: Taliban fighters killed a district governor in northern Afghanistan and kept up the pressure to seize control over some parts of Faryab province,...
Shehbaz welcomes Eid ceasefire between Taliban, Afghan govt
LAHORE: President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday welcomed the ceasefire between terror group Taliban and the federal government in Afghanistan during...
Afghan Taliban offer surprise Eid holiday ceasefire
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban on Saturday announced a surprise three-day ceasefire over the Eid holiday in the middle of June, their first offer of...
Islamabad police round up PTM supporters for holding anti-Taliban protest
--Police say arrests were made after protesters chanted 'anti-state' slogans
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police have rounded up a number of Pashtun activists, mostly belonging to Pashtunkhwa Milli...
US backs Afghanistan’s ceasefire offer to Taliban
‘NATO, American forces will respect ceasefire’
WASHINGTON: The United States has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani’s offer of a temporary ceasefire between the Afghan government and...
Captured US weapons used by Taliban for attacks: report
WASHINGTON: Weapons captured by the United States have been regularly used by the Taliban in Afghanistan to attack government outposts, the US media reported on...
Three PTM members reported dead as Ali Wazir comes under attack...
--10 PTM activists, including Wazir’s cousin, injured in the attack
PESHAWAR: Dozens of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) supporters were injured and at least three were killed as...
