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  'Another act of aggression': India condemns Pakistan air strikes in Afghanistan

  India | March 14, 2026 21:25 IST

  Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson of India’s Ministry of External Affairs, said New Delhi condemns the attacks and stressed that Afghanistan’s sovereignty must be respected.

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  15 Afghan civilians killed in fresh Pakistan border clashes: Reports

  World | October 15, 2025 13:26 IST

  At least 15 civilians were killed and over 100 wounded in renewed cross-border clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces in Afghanistan's Spin Boldak district, said foreign media reports.

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  Afghanistan FM Amir Khan Muttaqi slams Pakistan over terror allegations, denies TTP bases

  World | October 12, 2025 19:13 IST

  Afghan FM Amir Khan Muttaqi refuted Pakistan’s terror allegations, denied TTP bases in Afghanistan, and urged Islamabad to address its internal problems.

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  Irked over Taliban Foreign Minister Muttaqi's India visit, Pakistan launches air strikes in Kabul

  World | October 10, 2025 7:38 IST

  Pakistan's actions appear to be driven by increasing concern over the growing diplomatic closeness between India and Afghanistan. Khawaja Asif had accused Afghanistan of being loyal to India and hostile towards Pakistan.

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  11 Pakistani soldiers killed in clash with TTP militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

  World | October 08, 2025 14:31 IST

  19 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants were also killed in the clash in Pakistan's northwest province on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The latest violent incident comes after TTP’s decision to end its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.

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  Allies to adversaries: The deteriorating Pakistan-Afghanistan relations | Explained

  Explainers | December 29, 2024 15:41 IST

  Afghan Taliban and Pakistan are currently embroiled in a conflict after Islamabad launched strikes on Afghanistan. Pakistan claimed that its strikes intended to punish TTP, which is allegedly involved in conducting attacks in the country.

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  Afghan Taliban attacks Pakistan: Pakistani soldier killed, 11 wounded

  World | December 29, 2024 18:47 IST

  The relations between Pakistan and Taliban-led Afghanistan have witnessed a downslide in recent times as Islamabad accuses Taliban of failing to control TTP rebels.

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  Taliban claims it hit back at Pakistan military after airstrikes, warns of 'worst consequences'

  World | March 18, 2024 18:55 IST

  It was not immediately clear whether anyone was killed in what the extremist group called a "retaliatory" move against Pakistani forces which had killed at least eight people including children in the Barmal district of Paktika and the Spera district of Khost.

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  Karnataka: NIA chargesheets two for links with Pak-based terror group, trying to radicalise Muslims

  Karnataka | October 10, 2023 18:44 IST

  The NIA said that Mohd Arif and Hamraz Worshid Shaikh attempted to radicalise and recruit gullible Indian Muslim youths to Pakistan-based Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. The duo wanted to establish Islamic rule in India by overcoming the democratically elected government through violence, NIA said.

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  ​US military equipment left behind in Afghanistan now in Pakistani Taliban's hands: Pak Premier

  World | September 05, 2023 11:04 IST

  The Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, have over the past months intensified attacks on Pakistan's security forces. The TTP is a separate militant group but an ally of the Afghan Taliban.

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  US fumes as several churches vandalised over blasphemy reports in Pakistan's Faisalabad

  World | August 17, 2023 10:19 IST

  Notably, the Biden administration's response came after a mob allegedly led by the Pakistani Taliban, formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan-- an umbrella organisation of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Afghan-- attacked several churches over alleged blasphemy.

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  Is Pakistan facing its own curse or Afghan-Taliban insurgency behind surge in attacks? EXPLAINED

  Explainers | July 31, 2023 19:35 IST

  It is worth mentioning explosion in Pakistan is very frequent in the country. According to the government, the "Afghani terror" organisations were responsible for the increase in terror activities especially in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as it shares an international border with Afghanistan.

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  Pakistan Taliban ends ceasefire, says Imran Khan govt 'failed to honour decisions'

  World | December 10, 2021 15:52 IST

  The TTP-led militant attacks inside Pakistan which had seen a dramatic spike in the immediate aftermath of Afghan Taliban's takeover in mid-August have seen a steady decline, according to data available with Dawn news.

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  Pakistan announces month-long ceasefire with banned terror group TTP

  World | November 09, 2021 8:07 IST

  The TTP has been involved in various attacks in Pakistan for more than a decade which killed thousands of people and reportedly been using Afghan soil to plot terrorist attacks in this country.

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  Pakistan in talks with banned TTP for reconciliation

  World | October 01, 2021 22:15 IST

  When asked why the TTP was carrying out attacks on Pakistani security forces when they were in talks with the government, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said it was just a "spate of attacks".

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  Taliban assure it won't allow TTP to use Afghan land against Islamabad: Pakistan

  World | August 23, 2021 17:09 IST

  The TTP, commonly known as the Pakistani Taliban, is a banned militant group based along the Afghan-Pakistan border. It has carried out several major terror attacks across Pakistan and has reportedly been using Afghan soil to plot terrorist attacks in this country.  

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  ‘Threat from Taliban real reason behind Hafiz Saeed's house arrest’

  World | February 02, 2017 22:19 IST

  Saeed has not been placed under house arrest as an anti-terrorism measure but because he faces threat from terror outfit Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan.

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  TTP's leader Mullah Fazlullah executed in joint-operation: Report

  World | January 26, 2016 0:05 IST

  Dubai: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) leader Mullah Fazlullah, the mastermind behind the Peshawar school massacre that killed 148 people including schoolchildren, along with the commander Qari Hedayatullah, were reportedly killed in an air strike in Afghanistan.As

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  Pakistan Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah killed in air strike?

  World | March 23, 2015 11:41 IST

  New Delhi: Pakistan's most wanted terrorist and Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) chief Mulla Fazalullah was killed in an airstrike near Af-Pak border, media reported.The terror outfit, however, denied that Fazlullah was killed in any military operation. The

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  Wagah border attack mastermind killed

  World | January 10, 2015 11:39 IST

  Islamabad: The mastermind of a suicide attack at the Wagah border crossing in November 2014 was killed Saturday along with two associates, a media report said.Intelligence agencies had been on a hunt for Roohullah, the