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  Military court to hear Malala Yousafzai attack case

  World | January 15, 2015 7:47 IST

  Islamabad: The 2012 attack on Nobel Peace Award winner and child activist Malala Yousafzai case would be heard at military court in Peshawar when it formally starts functioning for speedy trial, media reported Wednesday.Pakistan federal

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  Pakistan school Attack: Death toll climbs to 148

  World | December 17, 2014 12:48 IST

  Islamabad:  Children were the majority of the 148 people killed Tuesday in a Taliban attack on a school run by the Pakistani army in the northwestern city of Peshawar, near the border with Afghanistan.The fatalities

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  Lok Sabha observes brief silence for Peshawar school attack victims

  Politics | December 17, 2014 12:53 IST

  New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Wednesday observed a brief silence in memory of those who lost their lives in a Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan's Peshawar city Tuesday.As soon as the house assembled

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  Pakistan mourns as parents bury children killed in Peshawar school attack

  World | December 17, 2014 17:38 IST

  Peshawar: Pakistan is mourning as the nation buried 141 people, most of them children, killed in a Taliban attack on a military-run school in the country's northwest.A three-day official mourning period started Wednesday, a day

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  13 killed in Taliban attack near Pak army HQ

  World | January 20, 2014 14:00 IST

  Islamabad: At least 13 people, including six soldiers, were today killed and 24 others injured in a Taliban suicide attack in a market close to the Army headquarters in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi, a

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  NATO soldier killed in Taliban attack

  World | December 23, 2013 12:07 IST

  Kabul : A soldier of the NATO-led coalition was killed early Monday in a Taliban attack in eastern Afghanistan, the coalition forces confirmed in a statement."An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service member died after

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  Zardari seeks more security fearing Taliban attack

  World | October 03, 2013 15:19 IST

  Karachi: Former president and co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari has sought more security for himself and his family as he fears Taliban militants might assassinate him.Zardari filed a petition before Sindh

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  3 Indians killed in Taliban attack in Kabul

  India | July 03, 2013 8:21 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 3: Three Indians were yesterday killed in a Taliban suicide attack on a NATO supply company's compound in Kabul.The three Indians were working in a housing compound, when the Taliban attack began

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  Intelligence alert about possible Taliban attack on Indian embassy in Kabul

  India | June 25, 2013 12:18 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 25: Indian intelligence agencies have received information about a possible Taliban attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul and the Indian consulates in Kandahar, Herat, and Jalalabad. Reports said, Indian diplomats, officials

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  Taliban attack governor office building in Afghanistan

  World | May 29, 2013 9:11 IST

  Kabul, May 29: At least one policeman was killed while several others were injured early Wednesday when some Taliban militants and suicide bombers attacked the provincial governor office building in Afghanistan's Panjsher province, Xinhua reported.The

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  Taliban attack kills 6 Afghan police officers

  World | April 21, 2013 16:19 IST

  Kabul, Afghanistan, Apr 21: An official says Taliban insurgents have attacked a police checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan, killing six officers.The militants hit the post on Sunday in the Dayak district of Ghazni province, said Col.

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  6 soldiers among 35 killed in Taliban attack on Pak check post

  World | February 02, 2013 21:54 IST

  Islamabad, Feb 2: Dozens of Taliban militants, including suicide bombers, attacked a security forces' check post in Pakistan's restive northwest today, triggering an intense gun battle that killed 35 people, including 13 security personnel and

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  8 killed in Taliban attack on Pak police station

  World | December 10, 2012 14:56 IST

  Islamabad, Dec 10: A group of Taliban suicide attackers stormed a police station in Pakistan's restive northwest today, triggering a gun battle that left eight persons dead, including four policemen.The terrorists, armed with heavy weapons

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  Grief and revulsion in Pak over Taliban attack on teenage girl

  World | October 10, 2012 20:22 IST

  Islamabad, Oct 10: People across Pakistan today reacted with grief and revulsion to an attempt by the local Taliban to assassinate a teenage rights activist, with Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar saying that the incident

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  Pak Taliban Free 400 Prisoners In Jail Attack

  World | April 15, 2012 15:11 IST

  Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan), Apr 15:  Nearly 400 prisoners escaped from a jail in northwest Pakistan early on Sunday after it was attacked by Taliban militants armed with guns and rocket propelled grenades, a senior

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  63 Killed In Ferocious Fighting On Af-Pak Border

  World | June 02, 2011 15:59 IST

  Peshawar, Jun 2: Fighting between militants who crossed into Pakistan from Afghanistan and attacked a Pakistani checkpoint killed 25 troops, three civilians and 35 insurgents, police said Thursday, in some of the deadliest clashes in