Taliban

Bamiyan's ancient cave dwellings shelter homeless Afghans

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan: Carved into dun-coloured cliffs, hundreds of manmade caves situated next to empty niches… Read More

#EidWithIDPs trends on Twitter in Pakistan

As Eid in Pakistan approaches, Pakistan's Twitterati took to the micro-blogging site and expressed their… Read More

Pakistan helped secure Taliban talks, but Afghan mistrust lingers

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's military, long accused of harbouring insurgents who fight its cause in Afghanistan and… Read More

Malala turns 18, says world failing Syrian children

LONDON: Malala Yousafzai told world leaders they were failing Syria's children, as the Nobel Peace… Read More

Afghan president says peace delegation meeting Taliban in Pakistan

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday he had sent a delegation to Pakistan… Read More

Police in Lahore kill four Taliban militants

LAHORE: Pakistani police and counter-terrorism forces raided a house near the eastern city of Lahore early Monday… Read More

Taliban threaten to attack K-Electric, if it did not end power outages

KARACHI: Banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan warned on Friday that it would target the K-Electric, country's main… Read More

Afghan forces recapture key district from Taliban

KABUL: Afghan government forces regained control of a key district near the northern city of… Read More

Explosions, gunfire as Taliban attack Afghan parliament

KABUL: A Taliban suicide bomber and six gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday, wounding… Read More

Bomb kills nine Afghan children, 10 adults; key district falls in north

KABUL: A roadside bomb killed at least 19 Afghan civilians including nine children in a… Read More

Eight Malala shooting suspects acquitted still in custody: officials

PESHAWAR: Eight of the 10 men acquitted by a court over the attempted murder of… Read More

Taliban attack police headquarters in east Afghanistan

KABUL: Taliban militants stormed a police headquarters in an Afghan city after a suicide bomb… Read More

Afghan president demands action from Pakistan against Taliban

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani demanded tough action from Pakistan against Taliban militants in a… Read More

Afghan Taliban gunmen killed after attack on Kabul guesthouse

KABUL: Four Taliban insurgents armed with assault rifles and a grenade launcher stormed a guesthouse… Read More

Gilani speaks to abducted son over phone after 2 years

MULTAN: The kidnapped son of Pakistan's former Prime Minister and PPP leader Yousaf Raza Gilani… Read More

Pakistan, Afghanistan sign intelligence-sharing deal

ISLAMABAD: The intelligence services of Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to share intelligence and coordinate… Read More

For displaced Pakistanis to return home: fight the Taliban

PESHAWAR: Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis displaced by anti-Taliban military operations in tribal areas wish… Read More

Karachi bus attackers identified, says Nisar

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan Monday said law enforcement agencies have collected important… Read More

Taliban kidnap 27 people at gunpoint on Afghan road

KHOST: Taliban insurgents abducted 27 people in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, setting up a road… Read More

Pakistan officials question group’s claim of Islamic State funding

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The militant group that said it was behind Wednesday's massacre of 45… Read More