Pakistani Taliban
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US military equipment left behind in Afghanistan now in Pakistani Taliban's hands: Pak Premier
World | Sep 05, 2023, 11:04 AM ISTThe 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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Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for former PM Benazir Bhutto's assassination
World | Jan 15, 2018, 05:43 PM ISTBhutto, the Pakistan Peoples Party chief and a two-time PM, was killed along with 21 people in a gun-and-bomb attack outside Rawalpindi's Liaquat Bagh during an election campaign rally on December 27, 2007.
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ISIS preparing to attack India: report
World | Jul 30, 2015, 12:03 AM ISTWashington: The ISIS is preparing to attack India to provoke an Armageddon-like confrontation with the US, according to an internal recruitment document of the feared group which also seeks to unite the Pakistani and Afghan
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Mullah Fazlullah, Taliban Chief who scripted Pakistan school massacre, branded global terrorist by US
World | Jan 14, 2015, 11:03 AM ISTWashington: The US designated Maulana Fazlullah, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban, as a global terrorist and slapped sanctions against him.Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility for the December 16, 2014 attack on an army
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Taliban chief orders militants to target Nawaz Sharif's party
World | Jan 09, 2015, 01:05 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistani Taliban chief has ordered militants to hit the leaders of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's ruling party after the government lifted a moratorium on death penalty and set up military courts to try terrorists.
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Pakistani Taliban switches side; vows to send jihadists to help IS
World | Oct 05, 2014, 01:01 PM ISTIslamabad: The Pakistani Taliban has switched allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which has been vying for supremacy with the al-Qaeda in the region, and vowed to send jihadists to help the
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40 militants killed in Pakistan airstrikes
World | Sep 17, 2014, 04:27 PM ISTIslamabad: The Pakistan army Wednesday said fighter jets bombed positions of militants in the North Waziristan tribal region and killed 40 local and foreign militants."Today in precise aerial strikes five terrorists hideouts and ammunition dumps
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Roadside bomb hits school van in Pakistan, kills 5
World | Aug 19, 2014, 01:33 PM ISTKhar, Pakistan: A Pakistani government official says a roadside bomb has struck in a school van with children and teachers in the country's northwestern tribal region, killing five people.A local government administrator, Asmatullah Wazir, says
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Seminaries collecting, couriering funds for Pakistani Taliban
World | May 01, 2014, 01:44 PM ISTIslamabad: Seminaries in Pakistan's capital were allegedly assisting Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) with the collection of extortion and ransom money, civil and military intelligence agency sources said.The seminaries were providing courier services to the TTP and
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Pakistani Taliban announces ceasefire, govt welcomes move
World | Mar 01, 2014, 08:13 PM ISTIslamabad/Peshawar: The Pakistani Taliban today announced a month-long ceasefire to facilitate the resumption of peace talks suspended by the government over the recent execution of 23 troops.“We announce a month-long ceasefire from today and appeal
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Pakistani Taliban rejects call for unconditional ceasefire
World | Feb 26, 2014, 04:30 PM ISTIslamabad: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has rejected the Nawaz Sharif government's call for an unconditional ceasefire, a media report said.“If this is what we have to do, we would have done it 10 years
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Sharif tells committee to initiate talks with Taliban
World | Jan 31, 2014, 04:54 PM ISTIslamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today directed a recently formed four-member committee to immediately initiate peace talks with the banned Pakistani Taliban.Talking to members of the committee here, he expressed his desire to achieve the
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Pakistani Taliban vows revenge after leader's killing
World | Nov 12, 2013, 10:54 AM ISTIslamabad : Confirming the killing of senior leader of the Haqqani Network, Naseeruddin Haqqani, the Pakistani Taliban has vowed to take revenge of the murder.Earlier, leaders of the group Monday said unidentified gunmen shot Naseeruddin
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Mullah Fazlullah named new head of Pakistani Taliban
World | Nov 07, 2013, 07:21 PM ISTIslamabad: Mullah Fazlullah, the militant commander who ordered the assassination of teenage activist Malala Yusufzai, was today named by the Pakistani Taliban as its new chief to replace Hakimullah Mehsud, killed in a US drone
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Sharif lays out terms for talks with Pakistani Taliban
World | Sep 27, 2013, 02:01 PM ISTIslamabad: Setting the terms for peace talks with the Taliban, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday said the militants will have to “renounce” violence and recognise the country's constitution before engaging in a dialogue with
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Pakistani Taliban demand release of prisoners
World | Sep 16, 2013, 09:40 AM ISTIslamabad: Pakistani Taliban Sunday demanded the release of their prisoners and withdrawal of army from the country's restive tribal regions, which it says could be part of confidence building measures for the possible peace talks,
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Pakistani Taliban sets up base in Syria: BBC report
World | Jul 13, 2013, 06:58 PM ISTLondon, Jul 13: The Pakistani Taliban have set up a base in Syria to assess “the needs of the jihad” and at least 12 of its “experts” in warfare and information technology have visited the
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Pakistani Taliban vow revenge for death of No.2 leader
World | May 31, 2013, 10:14 AM ISTWashington, May 31: The Pakistani Taliban will avenge the killing of the outfit's No.2 leader, who was slain in a drone strike Wednesday, a Taliban spokesman told CNN Thursday.Spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said the outfit holds
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Pakistani Taliban newly energised monster, says daily
World | May 01, 2013, 12:16 PM ISTIslamabad, May 1: The Pakistani Taliban is a monster that has been newly energised during the elections, a prominent daily said Wednesday, worried at the lack of serious effort to control this menace."The new government
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Pakistani Taliban ask people to boycott polls
World | Apr 26, 2013, 07:32 AM ISTIslamabad, April 26: The Pakistani Taliban has distributed leaflets in many parts of the country, asking people to boycott the May 11 general elections, a media report said.The Taliban warning came just hours after religious