Taliban form committee for talks with Pakistan government

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 22:40

The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Sunday named a 10-member committee led by commander Qari Shakil to hold peace talks with the government.

Bangladesh arrests three Pakistani militants

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 14:55

Three operatives of Pakistani Taliban have been arrested in Bangladesh and a laptop containing bomb making information has been seized from their possession, police here said on Monday.

New Taliban chief returns to Pak tribal areas

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 14:11

Mullah Fazlullah, the new chief of outlawed Pakistani Taliban, has made his way into Pakistan`s unruly tribal areas from neighbouring Afghanistan where he was based since the 2009 military operation in Swat.

Pakistani extortionists cash in by posing as Taliban

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 09:43

It began innocuously enough -- two men on a motorbike delivered a plain brown envelope to the home of Mohammed, an Islamabad businessman. But the contents plunged him into a terrifying three-month nightmare.

Pakistan seeks to hold talks with Taliban: Sharif

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 11:40

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Friday that the government wanted to resolve issues with the Taliban through talks.

TTP militants raided house of sacked Punjabi Taliban chief

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 22:34

Members of the banned Tehreek-i- Taliban Pakistan allegedly raided the house of sacked Punjabi Taliban chief Asmatullah Muavia in the suburbs of Miramshah in North Waziristan Agency in what has been described as an assassination attempt, a media report said on Wednesday.

Pakistani Taliban welcomes government’s offer for peace talks

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 15:49

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Punjab group has welcomed the Nawaz Sharif Government``s recent offer to hold peace talks to stop the years-long bloodshed.

TTP militant threatens attacks on European embassies in India, Pak, Bangladesh

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 12:41

A key militant commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Punjab (TTP),has urged Muslim youth to attack European embassies across the world, including those located in India, Pakistan and Bangaldesh.

Punjabi Taliban threatens `revenge` against Nawaz govt if it executes prisoners

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 11:09

The outlawed Punjabi Taliban, which is a subsidiary of TTP, has warned the PML-N government to prepare itself for a war-like situation if it executes the convicts serving jail terms and on death row in the country.

Pak govt planning to hold peace talks with Taliban

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 11:50

Pakistani government is reportedly planning to form a working group to hold talks with the militant groups so as to establish peace in the country.

Four soldiers killed in suicide bombing in Pakistan

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 17:25

At least four soldiers were killed and three others injured on Thursday in a suicide attack on a security check-post in Pakistan`s restive North Waziristan tribal region.