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7 killed after militant's car bomb accidentally explodes in Pakistan
1 month, 1 week ago

7 killed after militant's car bomb accidentally explodes in Pakistan

India Today  

A powerful car bomb accidentally detonated at the house of a Pakistani Taliban militant in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least two children and five suspected militants, police said. The explosion took place before dawn in the city of Mir Ali in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when a man identified as a local commander of the militants, Rasool Jan, was …

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Two killed in ‘terror attack’ on Chinese convoy at Pakistan’s largest airport
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Two killed in ‘terror attack’ on Chinese convoy at Pakistan’s largest airport

The Independent  

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Pakistani, Afghan Taliban forces trade fire at Torkham border crossing, killing 3 Afghan civilians
4 months, 1 week ago

Pakistani, Afghan Taliban forces trade fire at Torkham border crossing, killing 3 Afghan civilians

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces traded cross-border fire near a key northwestern crossing, killing a woman and two children on the Afghan side of the border, officials said Tuesday. There was no immediate word on casualties on the Pakistani side of the Torkham border which was shut, disrupting trade and movement of people between the two countries, local …

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Pakistan: Missile fired by a drone kills 4 members of a family near Afghan border
7 months, 1 week ago

Pakistan: Missile fired by a drone kills 4 members of a family near Afghan border

India TV News  

A missile fired by a drone struck a house in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in northwestern Pakistan along the Afghan border before dawn Tuesday, killing at least four villagers, including children, police said. The strike happened in South Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police chief Hidayat Ullah said. The Pakistan army evicted Pakistani Taliban insurgents from …

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Afghanistan not taking steps to eliminate terrorism: Pakistan
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghanistan not taking steps to eliminate terrorism: Pakistan

Hindustan Times  

Afghanistan is not making any progress to root out terrorism from its soil, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said, urging the Taliban rulers in Kabul to tighten border controls further to mitigate the threat faced by his country. The source of terrorism in Pakistan is in Afghanistan and despite our efforts, Kabul is not making any progress in this …

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'Pakistan will face 1971-like partition': What's behind Taliban minister's threat?
10 months ago

'Pakistan will face 1971-like partition': What's behind Taliban minister's threat?

India Today  

It seems that the monster is ready to bite the hand that fed it. He said the Pashtuns, who live on both sides of the international border, never accepted the Durand Line that separates Pakistan and Afghanistan. "Whether they throw out the Afghans or they don't throw out the Afghans, I think the troubles are going to hit Pakistan regardless …

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Pakistani Taliban pledge not to attack election rallies ahead of Feb. 8 vote
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistani Taliban pledge not to attack election rallies ahead of Feb. 8 vote

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani Taliban pledged Thursday not to attack election rallies, saying their targets are limited to the military and security forces, as political parties and independent candidates ramp up their campaigns ahead of the Feb. 8 vote. Thursday’s rare pledge by the TTP came after the government approved the deployment of troops in sensitive constituencies after intelligence agencies …

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Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for bomb that killed 6 police guarding anti-polio campaign
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for bomb that killed 6 police guarding anti-polio campaign

Associated Press  

KHAR, Pakistan — A roadside bomb exploded Monday near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing at least six officers and wounding 10 others, officials said. The bombing happened in the former Pakistani Taliban stronghold of Mamund in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, police official Kashif Zulfiquar said. In …

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Pakistan Refuses to Learn from the Past, Nurturing Daesh to Counter Afghan Taliban - News18
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan Refuses to Learn from the Past, Nurturing Daesh to Counter Afghan Taliban - News18

News 18  

Ehsanullah Ehsan, a former spokesman of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, has accused the Pakistani Army and, in particular, its Inter-Services Intelligence of providing special hospitality to scores of high-profile leaders of the Islamic State of Khorasan extremist group, also called Daesh. The success of the Afghan campaign brought first dividends to Pakistan and is the reason being considered as the inception of …

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Pakistan Taliban running ‘shadow rule’ in North Waziristan, warns govt contractors of armed action for disobeying orders
1 year ago

Pakistan Taliban running ‘shadow rule’ in North Waziristan, warns govt contractors of armed action for disobeying orders

Firstpost  

The Pakistan Taliban has successfully established a shadow rule in various parts of the volatile northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and is now directing local officials and contractors to “consult and cooperate” with its clandestine administrative apparatus, according to a report In a concerning development, the Pakistan Taliban, operating under the formal appellation of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, has successfully established a shadow rule …

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Pakistan blames Kabul for Afghans' expulsion: ‘Involved in terrorism’
1 year, 1 month ago

Pakistan blames Kabul for Afghans' expulsion: ‘Involved in terrorism’

Hindustan Times  

Afghanistan's failure to stop Pakistani militants operating from its soil was to blame for Islamabad expelling hundreds of thousands of Afghan migrants, Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said Wednesday. Afghans wait for clearance to depart for their homeland at a deportation camp set up by authorities to facilitate illegal immigrants, Afghans were also deeply involved in suicide attacks and other clashes …

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Sharp increase in Afghans leaving Pakistan due to illegal migrant crackdown, say UN agencies
1 year, 1 month ago

Sharp increase in Afghans leaving Pakistan due to illegal migrant crackdown, say UN agencies

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — U.N. agencies have reported a sharp increase in Afghans returning home since Pakistan launched a crackdown on people living in the country illegally. They urged Pakistan to suspend the policy before it was too late to avoid a “human rights catastrophe.” Pakistan earlier this month said it will arrest and deport undocumented or unregistered foreigners after Oct. …

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A bomb at a political rally in Pakistan kills at least 44 people and wounds nearly 200
1 year, 4 months ago

A bomb at a political rally in Pakistan kills at least 44 people and wounds nearly 200

LA Times  

People transport an injured victim of a powerful bomb upon arrival at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Sunday. A bomb ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country’s northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan, police and health officials said. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a political rally in a …

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In a first, India and Pakistan special envoys participate in Western talks with Taliban in Norway
1 year, 6 months ago

In a first, India and Pakistan special envoys participate in Western talks with Taliban in Norway

The Hindu  

Taliban representatives met with Indian and Pakistani special envoys and officials amongst a number of international diplomats this week, in an effort by the Norwegian Government to break the impasse in talks on the sidelines of a peace conference in Oslo. The talks, which came in for criticism from Afghan diaspora groups, including in Norway, for “legitimising” the insurgent group …

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Pakistan Defence Minister in Kabul over shut border crossing
1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan Defence Minister in Kabul over shut border crossing

The Hindu  

Pakistan's Defence Minister was in Afghanistan on Wednesday, meeting with officials there in an effort to resolve this week's closure by the Taliban administration of a key border crossing between the two neighbouring countries, officials said. Taliban security forces on Sunday closed the Torkham border crossing with Pakistan and on Monday traded fire with Pakistani border guards. The Taliban government …

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WATCH: Pakistan Army, Afghan Taliban exchange gunfire at Torkham border crossing
1 year, 10 months ago

WATCH: Pakistan Army, Afghan Taliban exchange gunfire at Torkham border crossing

Firstpost  

Pakistan has demanded that the Afghan Taliban must stop offering sanctuary in Afghanistan to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan – or the Pakistani Taliban - and prevent cross-border attacks from across the Durand Line Peshawar: Fierce cross-border firing took place between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistani border guards at the Durand Line on Monday, a day after Afghanistan’s current rulers closed the …

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Pashtun leader Manzoor Pashteen blames Pakistan Army for Taliban resurgence
1 year, 10 months ago

Pashtun leader Manzoor Pashteen blames Pakistan Army for Taliban resurgence

Firstpost  

Speaking at the Karachi Bar Association, Manzoor Pashteen, who is the chairman of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, accused the Pakistan Army and the ISI of creating numerous terrorist groups “in the name of jihad” Karachi: Human rights activist Manzoor Pashteen and Pashtun leader Manzoor Pashteen has blamed the security establishment blamed for being responsible for the recent wave of terrorist …

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Pak police identifies TTP terrorists who attacked Karachi police chief's office
1 year, 10 months ago

Pak police identifies TTP terrorists who attacked Karachi police chief's office

India Today  

Police have identified heavily-armed Pakistani Taliban terrorists, who conducted an audacious attack on the office of the Karachi Police chief. The incident took place on Friday evening when Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan terrorists stormed the five-storey Karachi Police Office building in the country's most populous city. According to police, terrorists Zala Noor and Kifayatullah had conducted a complete reconnaissance of the location …

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Pakistan Taliban warn of more attacks against police after compound raid
1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan Taliban warn of more attacks against police after compound raid

Firstpost  

On Friday evening, a Taliban suicide squad stormed the sprawling Karachi Police Office compound in the southern port city, prompting an hours-long gun battle that ended when two of the attackers were shot dead and a third blew himself up. Karachi: A day after four people were killed in a suicide squad stormed a police compound in Karachi, Pakistan’s Taliban …

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How Pakistan’s Peshawar known to be the ‘city of flowers’ became the epicentre of violence
1 year, 10 months ago

How Pakistan’s Peshawar known to be the ‘city of flowers’ became the epicentre of violence

Firstpost  

Peshawar has borne the brunt of rising militancy in the region for the past four decades, fuelled by conflicts in neighbouring Afghanistan and great power geopolitical games Peshawar: Pakistan’s Peshawar was once known as “the city of flowers,” surrounded by orchards of pear, quince and pomegranate trees. Eventually, the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in the late 1990s, ruling until …

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What’s behind the Pakistani Taliban’s insurgency?
1 year, 10 months ago

What’s behind the Pakistani Taliban’s insurgency?

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — When a suicide bomber struck a mosque inside a police compound in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, suspicion immediately fell on the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP. Angered by Pakistan’s cooperation with Washington in the war on terrorism, the TTP was officially set up by Pakistani militants in 2007 when different outlawed …

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Pakistan: Several policemen killed, injured as Taliban attacks checkpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan: Several policemen killed, injured as Taliban attacks checkpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Firstpost  

Two police personnel were killed and another was injured after suspected Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan gunmen attacked a checkpost at Dheri Zardad in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan Peshawar: Since declaring an end to the ceasefire with the Pakistan government late last year, the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has carried out almost daily attacks against the security forces in the provinces of Khyber …

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3 cops killed in cross-firing as TTP terrorists attack police station in Pakistan
1 year, 11 months ago

3 cops killed in cross-firing as TTP terrorists attack police station in Pakistan

Firstpost  

The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The three slain policemen include the Deputy Superintendent of Police Sardar Hussain and two constables Peshawar: A group of heavily-armed terrorists from the Pakistani Taliban attacked a police station in the suburbs of the restive north-western city of Peshawar on Saturday and killed three policemen, including a senior police …

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Pakistan Taliban threatens top political leadership including PM
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan Taliban threatens top political leadership including PM

Al Jazeera  

Islamabad, Pakistan – Armed group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has warned the country’s main ruling parties of “concrete action” against their top leadership in the government for “declaring war” against it. “For a long time, TTP has not taken any action against political parties,” TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani said in the statement shared with Al Jazeera on WhatsApp. The TTP statement said …

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