Tag: Ttp

‘TTP can come for you’

The banned terrorist outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) can kidnap the Punjab ministers, according to the information gained from traced telephone calls of Taliban leaders...

Al Qaeda, TTP to use Indus River for interprovincial movement

Security agencies have started surveillance of the IndusRiver on the basis of an intelligence report that outlawed militant groups were planning to use the...

Taliban say war and talks can’t go hand in hand

TTP spokesman says govt not serious in making peace talks successful   The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) believes that the government is not serious in moving forward...

No bargaining on State’s writ, Gen Sharif tells insurgents

Army chief says armed forces support all efforts to eliminate terrorism from country but insurgents should unconditionally submit to country’s constitution Says Pakistan Army believes...

Peace talks lost in translation

As Taliban Shura contacts TTP intermediaries, expresses concerns with government, TTP interlocutor says government army on same page but not same line     The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan...

Taliban say they are behind killing of 5 soldiers

WANA At least five security personnel were killed and three others sustained injuries in a remote-controlled bombing in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on Wednesday. According to...

DI Khan jailbreak mastermind killed: DPO

PESHAWAR Security officials on Sunday claimed to have killed a commander of the banned terrorist outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Kulachi area of Dera Ismail...

Talks first, ceasefire later: Sami

NOWSHERA/PESHAWAR Taliban mediator Samiul Haq on Sunday said the government and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) should focus on peace talks rather than a ceasefire. Addressing a conference...

Police say TTP terrorists behind Tanoli’s killing

KARACHI Inspector Shafiq Tanoli was killed by the Abid Machar group of the banned terrorist outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a private news channel reported...

Sami conveys govt demands to TTP

NOWSHERA Taliban interlocutor Samiul Haq on Thursday said that he has contacted Taliban shura and conveyed them the government’s demands. Talking to reporters, he said...

TTP agrees to extend ceasefire period

PESHAWAR The banned terrorist outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has agreed to extend its ceasefire period, which expired on April 10. A private TV channel reported that...

TTP not involved in infighting: Shahid

PESHAWAR Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Shahidullah Shahid on Sunday said that the TTP has nothing to do with the ongoing fighting between two rival groups,...

34 hashish-selling tribesmen released by militants

KHYBER AGENCY- 34 tribesmen were released on Sunday by militants who abducted them from Khyber Agency’s Tirah Valley, a private news channel reported. According to sources,...

A ‘high kidnapping’ for Taliban

TTP kidnaps 40 tribesmen from Tirah, also make way with large amounts of hashish and cannabis Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants allegedly kidnapped 40 tribesmen from...

Mangal Bagh wants to talk

ISLAMABAD A banned terrorist outfit led by Mangal Bagh has announced it wants to join the peace talks with the government and has asked a...

Talks stalled as Taliban busy killing each other

Negotiators losing hope for breakthrough in talks as TTP Shura busy in resolving infighting between Mehsud commanders It takes two to tango, says Rustam Shah...

Army not happy with Taliban prisoners’ release: negotiator

We don’t know what to talk about anymore, says Prof Ibrahim fearing a deadlock in peace talks   Member of the Taliban dialogue committee, Professor Ibrahim...