Taliban

US F-16 struck by enemy fire in Afghanistan

KABUL: A US F-16 was struck by enemy fire in eastern Afghanistan in a rare… Read More

Pilgrims flock to Karachi’s crocodile shrine as Taliban threat recedes

KARACHI: The lean days appear to be over for Mor Sahib, an 87-year-old crocodile venerated… Read More

Resurgent Taliban threaten to overrun another Afghan city

GHAZNI: Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial… Read More

Suspected Taliban terrorist arrested from Swat

SWAT: Law enforcement agencies on Monday arrested a key Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) terrorist said to be… Read More

Fashion designers, showbiz personalities on militants hit list

KARACHI: A deputy inspector general of police in District South Karachi has released a report… Read More

Pakistan denies man hanged by Taliban was one of its spies

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's military denied on Monday that a man shown being hanged in videos released… Read More

Taliban hold out in Kunduz, district in northeast falls

KABUL: Taliban fighters were holding out against Afghan troops in Kunduz on Friday, a day… Read More

Taliban take control of Warduj district in Afghanistan

KABUL: Taliban fighters were holding out against Afghan troops in Kunduz on Friday, a day… Read More

Taliban says shot down crashed US C-130 plane in Afghanistan

JALALABAD: The Taliban Friday claimed to have shot down a C-130 military transport plane in… Read More

Pakistan kills 25 militants in northwest

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's military said it had killed 25 militants in air strikes along its restive… Read More

Afghan forces retake control of Kunduz from Taliban

KABUL: Afghan forces retook control of the strategic northern city of Kunduz on Thursday after… Read More

NATO forces bolster Afghan troops against Taliban in Kunduz

KUNDUZ: AFGHANISTAN: NATO said Wednesday its special forces have reached Kunduz to support Afghan troops after… Read More

Taliban seize Kunduz city center in milestone gain

KABUL: Taliban fighters battled their way into the center of Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan… Read More

Afghan Taliban seize 200-bed hospital in Afghan city

KUNDUZ: Afghan Taliban fighters on Monday seized control of a 200-bed hospital in Kunduz city… Read More

Gunmen shot dead Peshawar prison official, brother: police

PESHAWAR: Gunmen on Thursday shot dead a prison official and his brother in northwestern Pakistan,… Read More

Taliban kill 10 Afghan soldiers in insider attack: officials

MAZAR SHARIF: Taliban militants who gained access to an Afghan army post through a collaborator… Read More

Pakistan counts cost of Taliban attacks on economy

LONDON: Taliban attacks have been costing Pakistan's economy as much as $5 billion a year… Read More

Pakistan detains 22 after Taliban air base attack

PESHAWAR: Twenty-two suspects have been detained in connection with a deadly attack on a Pakistan… Read More

42 dead in attack at PAF base in Peshawar — includes 13 attackers

PESHAWAR: Heavily-armed militants attacked the Pakistan Air Force base Badaber in Peshawar this morning, killing… Read More

From bombs to trophies, cricket thrives in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Peshawar, the main city in Pakistan's northwest, won their second consecutive Twenty20 title this… Read More