Pak Taliban
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Pakistani Taliban appoints Mufti Noor Wali Mahsud as new chief after killing of Mullah Fazlullah
World | Jun 23, 2018, 08:55 PM ISTMufti Noor Wali Mahsud, a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, conceded for the first time that Mullah Fazlullah was killed in the drone attack in Afghanistan's Kunar province.
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UNSC sanctions splinter group of Pak Taliban
World | Jul 07, 2017, 10:26 AM ISTThe JuA was added to the ISIL (the Islamic State) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List by the Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee.
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After Wagah suicide attack, Pak Taliban group issues threat to PM Narendra Modi
India | Nov 05, 2014, 11:12 AM ISTNew Delhi: After claiming responsibility for recent Wagah suicide attack, Pakistani Taliban's breakaway group Jamat-ul-Ahrar has now issued a threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Targeting Modi, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Jamaat Ahrar (TTP-JA) spokesperson ‘Ehsanullah Ehsan' said
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Took a month to plan jail attack, spent Rs 1 crore: Pak Taliban
World | Jul 31, 2013, 05:39 PM ISTPeshawar, Jul 31: A day after the Taliban freed over 250 prisoners from a high-security Pakistani prison, a top commander of the terror outfit has said they took a month to plan the assault and
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Nine foreign tourists, 1 guide killed in Pak Taliban attack
World | Jun 23, 2013, 08:03 PM ISTIslamabad, Jun 23: Taliban gunmen disguised as soldiers killed nine foreign tourists and a Pakistani guide in an unprecedented attack on a base camp in remote mountains of northern Pakistan, embarrassing the PML-N government just
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Pak Taliban threatens attacks on election day
World | May 10, 2013, 01:19 PM ISTIslamabad, May 10: The Pakistani Taliban has threatened widespread attacks, including suicide bombings, during the landmark general election tomorrow, saying it is opposed to the “infidel system” of democracy.In a letter addressed to militant commanders,
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Pak Taliban threatens to kill Musharraf on return
World | Mar 23, 2013, 08:47 PM ISTIslamabad, Mar 23: The Pakistani Taliban have threatened to use suicide bombers to target former military ruler Pervez Musharraf when he returns home from self-exile to lead his party in the upcoming general election. In
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Pak Taliban chief's cousin killed in US drone attack: reports
World | Jan 07, 2013, 06:04 PM ISTIslamabad, Jan 7: A cousin of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mehsud was among militants killed during a coordinated strike by US drones in South Waziristan tribal region, media reports said today. Wali Mohammad alias Toofan
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Pak Taliban plans to target media for Malala coverage
World | Oct 13, 2012, 02:30 PM ISTIslamabad, Oct 13: Angered by the coverage of its attempt to assassinate teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has drawn up plans to target Pakistani and international media organisations across the country.Pakistani
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Pak Taliban beheads 12 soldiers, video released
World | Sep 01, 2012, 12:29 PM ISTIslamabad, Sep 1: Pakistani Taliban have beheaded 12 soldiers captured during a recent attack on a security check post in the restive Bajaur tribal region and released a video showing their severed heads, a militant
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Pak Taliban chief asks fighters to step up attacks in Punjab
World | Aug 01, 2012, 11:25 AM ISTIslamabad, Aug 1: Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud has directed his fighters to step up attacks in Punjab province, especially on intelligence organisations and military facilities like the Pakistan Air Force base in Lahore, according
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Pak Taliban threatens to attack Myanmar
World | Jul 26, 2012, 04:58 PM ISTIslamabad, Jul 26: The Pakistani Taliban today threatened that they would attack Myanmar to avenge the targeting of Rohingya Muslims if Islamabad does not cut off ties with the government of that country and shut
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Pak Taliban Releases Horrifying Video Of Execution Of 15 Pakistani Soldiers By Firing Squad
World | Jan 22, 2012, 11:36 PM ISTLondon, Jan 22: A video showing fifteen Pakistani soldiers being lined up and shot dead by a firing squad has been released by the Taliban.The paramilitary troops were abducted on December 23 in what the
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Pak Taliban Warns Not To Prosecute Militants
World | Nov 14, 2011, 01:14 PM ISTIslamabad, Nov 14: The Pakistani Taliban have warned that their fighters were targeting civilians and government employees who helped the prosecution of arrested militants, according to a media report today.Militant commander Sirajuddin Ahmad, the spokesman
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Pak Taliban Demands Rs 400 Million From Oil Firms
World | Oct 23, 2011, 04:26 PM ISTIslamabad, Oct 23: The Pakistani Taliban have threatened to attack installations of Shell Pakistan and the state-run Pakistan State Oil if the two firms do not pay a total of Rs 400 million within 20
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Brutal Pak Taliban Force 8-Year-Old Girl To Wear Suicide Bomb Vest
World | Jun 21, 2011, 04:17 PM ISTPeshawar, Jun 21: With a look of fear in her eyes, eight-year-old Suhana Jawed sits next to a police officer as she recounts how Pak taliban militants forced her to wear an explosives-laden suicide bomb
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We Will Avenge His Death, Says Pak Taliban
World | May 02, 2011, 07:00 PM ISTPeshawar, May 2: Pakistan's main Taliban faction on Monday threatened to attack Pakistan and the United States after the US confirmed that Osama bin Laden had been killed near the Pakistani capital."If he has been
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UAE Officials Believed India Supported Pak Taliban, Pashtuns
World | Dec 06, 2010, 11:26 AM ISTWashington, Dec 6 (PTI) UAE's security officials believed that India along with Iran had supported the Pakistani Taliban and Pushtun separatists, even as US suggested that UAE was a source of funding for the militants,