Pakistan rejects proposal for Taliban office on its soil

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 16:17

Pakistan has turned down Afghan President Hamid Karzai`s request to allow Taliban to set up an office in the country, according to a media report today.

Taliban welcome resignation of top Pakistani general

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 17:24

The Pakistani Taliban has welcomed the resignation of Lt Gen Haroon Aslam, who quit after he was superseded, with the banned group saying no talks would have been possible if he had been made the army chief.

Pakistan Taliban claims responsibility for Karachi blasts

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 14:10

Pakistan Taliban Saturday claimed responsibility for the twin blasts in Karachi city Friday in which eight people were killed and over 40 were injured.

Taliban rule out talks with Pakistan government

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 18:18

The Pakistan Taliban has ruled out the possibility of holding any peace talks with the Pakistan government, a media report said Friday.

PM Sharif opposes US drone strikes

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 18:06

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday expressed deep concern over a drone strike that killed six persons, including commanders of the Haqqani network, and said Pakistan had conveyed its opposition to the attacks to the US.

Pak Taliban warns of disastrous days ahead

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 15:22

The Taliban spokesman said they had already sent their suicide bombers to different parts of the country to target top government and military officials and the leadership of the PPP, ANP and MQM.

Pak Army doesn`t have right to interfere in politics: Jamaat

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 21:46

Unfazed by criticism from Pakistan`s military for referring to slain Taliban chief as martyr, Jamaat-e-Islami took on the army by contending that it did not have the right to interfere in politics.

Taliban plan wave of revenge attacks in Pakistan

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 15:20

The Pakistani Taliban announced on Friday they would orchestrate a wave of revenge attacks against the government after naming hardline commander Mullah Fazlullah as their new leader.

Malala assassination plotter named Pakistan Taliban chief

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 20:26

Maulana Fazlullah, has been named the new Pakistan Taliban head after Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a drone strike last week.

Karzai criticises timing of killing of Pakistan Taliban chief

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 15:32

The Afghan president has criticised the timing of a US drone strike that killed the Pakistani Taliban leader, after an angry Islamabad expressed fears the death would undermine planned peace talks.

Troops in Afghanistan safer after Mehsud killing: US lawmaker

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 14:07

The American troops in Afghanistan is much safer after the killing of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mehsud, a top US lawmaker has said.

The $120,000 farmhouse where Pakistan Taliban chief died

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 11:22

With marble floors, lush green lawns and a towering minaret, the $120,000 farm where feared Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died in a US drone strike was no grubby mountain cave.