Tag: Ttp
Terrorists killed in Peshawar operation belonged to TTP, police claims
Five terrorists killed in an anti-terrorism operation in Peshawar's Hayatabad area on Tuesday belonged to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), police sources said on Wednesday.
The operation,...
In Pakistan, wounds of Peshawar school attack reopen each winter
Ajoon Khan remembers that brisk December morning in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar vividly, as if it were yesterday, Al Jazeera reported.
On most...
Terrorist holding six civilians hostage killed in DIK encounter
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A wanted terrorist was killed in an intelligence-based operation in Dera Ismail Khan’s Daraban area on Saturday, according to the Inter-Services Public...
Army hands over administrative control of Swat to civilian authorities
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Army on Monday handed administrative powers of the Swat region to the civilian authorities, ending a decade-long military operation to flush out...
Former militant killed in Darra Adamkhel
A former militant who had surrendered to security forces some years ago was gunned down in Darra Adamkhel on Friday, a local media outlet...
Ex-Taliban commander shot dead in Bannu
BANNU: Unknown armed men gunned down a former Taliban commander and escaped the scene on Saturday, police said.
According to details, unidentified miscreants opened indiscriminate...
Three terrorists killed during police raid in Karachi
KARACHI: Three terrorists belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed during a police raid in Ittehad town on Tuesday morning.
Police conducted the raid on...
TV anchor claims religio-political leader contacted TTP for PM Imran’s assassination
Journalist and TV anchor Sadia Afzaal on Friday night claimed that a renowned religio-political personality of Pakistan has contacted the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)...
Elections roundup: An end to electioneering
It has perhaps been the deadliest election campaign in Pakistan’s history. Despite the TTP’s anti-ANP campaign of 2013, in terms of sheer body count,...
Not Taliban, internal elements attacked Haroon: Ghulam Bilour
Senior Awami National Party (ANP) leader Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has alleged that not Taliban but internal elements were involved in the attack on the corner...
Peshawar blast sparks debate on candidates’ safety
The killing of Haroon Bilour, a prominent politician from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has sparked a debate about the state’s security measures and its ability to...
US drone strikes kill two terrorists in Afghanistan, NWA
TTP commander killed in drone strike in Afghanistan while Abdullah Dawar killed in North Waziristan
PESHAWAR: The United States (US) has carried out two drone...
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...
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...
Former militant, relative of TTP commander shot dead in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: A former militant and close relative of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) top commander was shot dead by unknown persons in Raghzai area of...
CTD detains TTP commander involved in 2009 attacks, raising funds for...
KARACHI: A commander of the banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Rehmat Ali was arrested on Monday by Sindh’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in City Railway...
TTP commander arrested by CTD from Karachi
KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday arrested an alleged commander of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from the vicinity of City Railway Colony.
According...
