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  Afghanistan: Top Taliban commander Qari Qayum among 4 killed

  World | August 30, 2018 15:23 IST

  Taliban key commander Qari Qayum killed in Afghanistan's Baghlan province, eight more militants were wounded in the offensive attacks.

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  Pakistan Taliban commander killed in US drone strike near Afghan border

  World | February 09, 2018 17:08 IST

  The deputy chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Khan Saeed Mehsud alias Khalid Sajna, was killed in the Thursday night drone strike along with three others.

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  US hands over key Taliban commander to Pakistan

  World | December 07, 2014 20:36 IST

  Peshawar: The US military in Afghanistan today said that a top militant commander and No 2 to former Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, has been handed over to Pakistan along with two other militants.  The

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  HuM distances itself from former commander Mast Gul

  World | February 26, 2014 17:35 IST

  Islamabad : Hizbul Mujahideen, a banned militant group that operates in the Kashmir Valley, has distanced itself from its former senior leader Mast Gul, who has recently resurfaced as a Taliban commander in Pakistan.  The

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  Taliban commander killed in Afghanistan

  World | February 14, 2014 13:52 IST

  Kabul: A Taliban commander named Mullah Zahid was killed Friday in Afghanistan's Kunar province, police said."A group of Taliban rebels under Mullah Zahid raided a police checkpoint in Noorgul district in the early hours of