Pakistan Taliban

"Would Like To See Pakistan Bring Taliban To Negotiating Table," Says US

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 21, 2018

The United States has not seen Pakistan taking sustained and decisive actions required to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table, a top Trump adminstration official told lawmakers who demanded suspension of all American aid to Pakistan.

Taliban Chief Who Ordered Hit On Malala Yousafzai Killed In US Strike

World News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 15, 2018

Maulana Fazlullah, the dreaded chief of Pakistani Taliban, has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan's restive Kunar province, an Afghan defence ministry official said today.

"I Have Never Been So Happy": Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai In Pakistan

World News | Reuters | Saturday March 31, 2018

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai says she has pined for her home in Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley, even as she recalled two years living in fear under the Taliban's harsh interpretation of Islamic law

"Lot More Needs To Be Done": US On Pak Cracking Down On Terror Networks

World News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 21, 2018

Pakistan has to do a lot more to wipe out terrorism from inside its territory and it needs to launch a crackdown not just on the Taliban but also on other terror networks, the US has said.

US Announces $5 Million Bounty On Top Pakistan Terrorist

World News | Reuters | Friday March 9, 2018

The United States on Thursday said it was offering a $5-million reward for information on Mullah Fazlullah, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban terrorist group that has waged a decade-long insurgency in the South Asian nation.

Pakistan Still Going Easy On Terrorists, Says US Intel Chief

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday February 13, 2018

Pakistan's military is holding back counter-terrorism cooperation with the United States while continuing to go easy on militant groups based in the country, US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said Tuesday.

Suspected U.S. Drone Strikes Kill Pakistani Taliban Commander: Officials

World News | Reuters | Saturday February 10, 2018

A pair of suspected U.S. missile strikes killed a senior Pakistani Taliban deputy and other militants in the border regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan, officials said on Friday.

All Options Open To Deal With Pakistan, Says White House Official

World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 6, 2018

The US is keeping "all options" on the table to deal with Pakistan if it does not take decisive action against the Taliban and the Haqqani network and dismantle their safe havens, the White House warned today. The warning came after the US suspended about $2 billion in security aid to Pakistan for failing to clamp down on terror groups

US Suspends 'Security Assistance' To Pakistan

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday January 5, 2018

The United States has suspended its security assistance to Pakistani forces, the State Department said Thursday, demanding "decisive action" against Taliban factions based in the country.

In Rare Briefing, Pak General Says Army Supports Peace Talks With India

World News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Thursday December 21, 2017

The Pakistani military is willing to support the government if there's any chance of peace talks happening with India, the country's army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said in a rare briefing to the senate or the upper hour of parliament on Tuesday. For the first time in six years, Pakistan's military heads came to parliament -- a civilian instit...

China Warns Of Imminent Attacks In Pakistan As Economic Corridor Takes Shape

World News | Reuters | Friday December 8, 2017

China on Friday warned its nationals in Pakistan of plans for a series of imminent "terrorist attacks" on Chinese targets there, an unusual alert as it pours funds into infrastructure projects into a country plagued by terrorism

12 Killed As Taliban Disguised In Burqas Attack Agriculture Training Institute In Peshawar, Pakistan

World News | Reuters | Friday December 1, 2017

Pakistani Taliban gunmen disguised in all-enveloping burqas stormed the campus of an agriculture college in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least nine people and wounding 35, police and hospital officials said.

Taliban Terrorists In Burqas Attack College In Pakistan's Peshawar

World News | Reuters | Friday December 1, 2017

Pakistani Taliban gunmen, using the disguise of all-enveloping burquas, stormed the campus of an agriculture university in Pakistan on Friday, wounding at least five people, police said.

'Talks And Terror Can't Go Together': Top US Official On India-Pak Ties

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 21, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot "pursue peace" with Pakistan in a way that "cuts his own security", a top Trump administration official has said, asserting that it is in the interest of Islamabad to build confidence with New Delhi to restart commercial ties

26 Injured In Grenade Attack At Key Pakistan Port For Chinese Project

World News | Reuters | Friday October 20, 2017

Unidentified men threw a grenade into a labourers' hostel in the Pakistani port of Gwadar wounding 26 of them, police said today, in an attack likely to raise concern about security for the Pakistani section of China's Belt and Road initiative