The Pakistan Army chief has expressed serious concerns over the safe havens and liberty of action available to TTP in Afghanistan. But the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has repeatedly said it will not allow the use of Afghan…
Pakistan will send delegations to Afghanistan and Iran for talks with top officials on ensuring their soil is not used against the country after a suicide bombing killed scores of police in a mosque in Peshawar. Special assistant…
Islamabad hopes Kabul will honour its promise of not allowing the use of its territory for terrorist activities against other countries. The caretaker Afghan government, on the other hand, has repeatedly said it would not allow the use…
The United States Department of State has listed the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) number two, Qari Amjad, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), along with three leaders of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). Qari Amjad, also known…
Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has claimed that the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is using Afghanistan’s soil for their attacks. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Thursday, Sanaullah said it was a matter of concern that the TTP…
Another delegation of Pakistani tribal elders has arrived in Kabul to resume negotiations with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The visit comes hard on the heels of a team of religious scholars that returned home a day earlier…
A delegation of Pakistani religious scholars is in Kabul for talks with senior leaders of the interim Afghan government. Headed by Mufti Taqi Usman, the eight-member team will urge Kabul to help persuade Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leaders to…
A jirga of tribal elders from different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has arrived in Kabul for talks between the Pakistani government and the Taliban, some sources said. "We have arrived in Kabul and will meet the leaders…
An indefinite ceasefire has been agreed between Islamabad and the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a media report said on Tuesday. In a breakthrough, the two sides also agreed to continue talks on how to eradicate militancy from the…
The Pakistani government and the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have agreed on a short-term ceasefire during talks in Kabul, an official said on Wednesday. Acting Government Spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on his Twitter handle wrote: “With the mediation of…
The Taliban government has spurned reports regarding the presence of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in Afghanistan. However, the government’s spokesman acknowledged on Monday there could be issue in mountainous and far-flung areas of the country. Zabihullah Mujahid said…
The Afghan government has spurned reports that former Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Mohammad Khurasani has been killed in Afghanistan. Media outlets quoted a Pakistani security official, who declined to be named, as saying that Khurasani, spokesman for the…
Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday said no final agreement had been reached between Islamabad and Pakistani Taliban, but hoped the next round of talks would be fruitful. He made the remarks in an interview with…
The government has announced reaching a complete ceasefire with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Talks between the government and the TTP took place in accordance with the Constitution, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry told the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV).…
A cabinet minister gas confirmed the escape of former Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan has escaped from the custody of security agencies. Interior Minister Ijaz Shah told reporters in Islamabad he had read reports of the former TTP…
KABUL’s southeastern Khost province, a media report said on Monday. Qari Saifullah Mehsud, spokesman for the Hakimullah Mehsud group of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was shot dead outside the Guloon camp in Khost. In an audio message, a spokesman for…
KABUL Fazlullah has apparently been killed in a US drone strike in eastern Kunar province, media reports said on Thursday. The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) leader Mullah Fazlullah was targeted in a US drone strike near the border with Pakistan, the…
Pakistani Taliban. The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) confirmed the drone strike on its base in eastern Kunar province and the killing of Abdullah, son of Fazlullah. In a statement, the proscribed outfit said 20 suicide bombers were killed and…
The Tahrik-I-Taliban (TTP) Deputy Khan Syed Sajna and some more Taliban have been killed in a US drone strike in the Barmal district of southeastern Paktika province, intelligence sources said on Saturday. According to reliable sources, Sajna and…
A dreaded Pakistani militant commander has been killed in eastern Afghanistan, a media report said on Thursday. Maulana Jan Wali aka Sheena was shot dead in Kunar province on Wednesday, The News reported quoted unnamed sources as saying.…
KABUL (TTP) has been arrested by police in eastern Kunar province, a statement said on Tuesday. The Ministry of Interior’s counterterrorism department in the statement said the detainee was actual resident of Pakistan and he was arrested with two hand…
