Tag: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan

Uzbek militants claim involvement in Karachi Airport Attack

ISLAMABAD- Uzbek fighters were involved in the attack on Karachi airport that killed 37, insurgent sources said Wednesday highlighting how the Pakistani Taliban can...

Seven militants killed in fresh TTP infighting: officials

MIRANSHAH- Fresh clashes between banned militant outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and a breakaway faction killed at least seven militants in the Pakistan's restive northwest on...

TTP’s suicide bombing trainer killed in latest clash between rival groups

PESHAWAR- Top militant commander from banned terrorist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was killed on Thursday in a clash between rival factions of the outfit, a...

Taliban’s Mehsud group splits from TTP

PESHAWAR- A commander of Mehsud faction within banned militant outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced that his group, under the leadership of Khalid Mehsud, has split...

Twin blasts in Islamabad kill one

ISLAMABAD- Two bomb explosions rocked the national capital Islamabad on early Saturday, killing one security guard and wounding another, police said. The event follows several days...

Third day of military action kills four suspected militants in NW

MIRANSHAH- Four suspected militants were killed on Friday when Pakistan's armed forces hit Taliban targets in a third day of action in a restive tribal...

50 suspected militants killed, 80 injured in Pak Army airstrikes in...

MIRANSHAH- At least 50 suspected militants were killed and 80 others were injured when gunship helicopters of Pakistan Army shelled different areas in the tribal...

TTP’s Fazlullah says govt, army must submit to ‘the writ of...

PESHAWAR- Chief of banned militant outfit Tehereek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Mullah Fazlullah has called upon the Pakistani Government, armed forces and intelligence agents to accept '...

Businessman working for TTP extortionists held from RWP

RAWALPINDI- An alleged associate of extortionists from Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was arrested in Rawalpindi, a police official said. During a media briefing on Monday, Regional Police...

Five militants killed in new round of infighting in SW

  PESHAWAR- A remote-controlled blast on Wednesday killed at least five militants and injured three others in Shaktoi area of South Waziristan, a private news channel...

Afghan Taliban broker ceasefire between Pakistani Taliban groups

MIRANSHAH- The Afghan Taliban said Friday they have brokered a ceasefire between two rival factions of the Pakistani Taliban, halting a fresh wave of infighting...

24 militants exterminated in airstrikes in Khyber tribal areas

PESHAWAR- Latest airstrikes by fighter jets killed at least 24 suspected militants and injured 20 others on Thursday in the Kyber tribal areas of Bara...

Nine killed in attacks in Charsadda, Peshawar

PESHAWAR- Nine people were killed and dozens wounded in two separate bomb and gun attacks in Pakistan's volatile northwest on Tuesday, police official have said. Policemen...

Release TTP’s prisoners, get a ceasefire: Prof.Ibrahim

PESHAWAR- Member of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) appointed intermediary committee Professor Ibrahim on Friday said that the militant outfit can agree for another truce if the...

Altaf Hussain questions peace talks with TTP

LONDON- Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain on Wednesday questioned why the government was holding talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) if it was not...

TTP extends ceasefire till April 10

PESHAWAR- The militant outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Friday extended the ceasefire until April 10, a private news channel reported. In his statement, TTP spokesman Shahidullah...

Govt denies reports of release of 16 TTP prisoners

ISLAMABAD- The government on Thursday denied the media reports that it has released at least 16 Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) prisoners with the approval of Prime...