Bilawal Bhutto Zardari tells Pak politicians to `wake up` to Taliban menace

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 11:36

Even as the Pakistani government is mulling holding peace talks with the militant group Taliban, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, patron-in-chief of PPP, has called for military action against militant groups like Taliban.

Former Pak Taliban head among 50 killed in military operation

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 13:35

The former interim chief of the Pakistani Taliban was among 50 militants, including 36 foreign fighters, killed in heavy air strikes in the lawless North Waziristan region, military sources said on Wednesday.

Pakistani Taliban offer peace talks

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 05:52

Pakistani Taliban Sunday gave their nod for peace talks with the government shortly after their suicide bomber killed 22 soldiers and injured 30 others in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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.

`Inclusive` settlement must for Afghanistan: PM Sharif

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 20:28

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday pledged his support for Afghan efforts to seek peace with the Taliban, saying a solution could be found only through an "inclusive political settlement".

Pakistani Taliban say chances of peace talks `below zero`

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 16:21

The Taliban have ruled out talks with the Pakistan government, saying the chances of negotiations after the killing of their leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike were "below zero".

Talks best of difficult options to deal with Taliban: Imran

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 13:23

Khan said former military ruler Pervez Musharraf had misled the nation about his commitments to the US on behalf of Pakistan

Talks best of difficult options to deal with Taliban: Imran

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 13:23

Khan said former military ruler Pervez Musharraf had misled the nation about his commitments to the US on behalf of Pakistan

Taliban deny talks for 50 militants` release

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 10:08

Pakistani Taliban have denied claims that their chief Hakimullah Mehsud contacted an ex-lawmaker of Pakistan for seeking release of 50 militants being held in various prisons.

Authorise targeting of Taliban and Haqqani leaders in Pak

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 23:46

As the US prepares to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, a top retired American General on Thursday called for targeting the Taliban and Haqqani network`s safe havens in Pakistan.

Kayani says Taliban cannot dictate terms to nation

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 16:08

Pakistan`s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has declared that terrorists will not be allowed to dictate terms to the country in lieu of government efforts for peace talks.

Taliban leaders freed by Pakistan haven`t reached homes

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 16:40

None of the seven Afghan Taliban prisoners freed by Pakistan recently to boost the reconciliation process in war-torn Afghanistan have reached their homes yet, a media report said.