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US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke says Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud’s elimination last week was a “very big deal” in terms of security efforts in Pakistan. “The end of Baitullah Mehsud, as we all know, is ... Read More »
Swat Taliban commander killed in Pak army offensive
Peshawar, July (ANI): The Pakistan Army has killed wanted militant leader, Abu Laith and 13 other Taliban insurgents in the ongoing Swat offensive. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Laith was killed during a search operation in the Peuchar region ... Read More »
Al-Qaeda’s leadership based in ‘terror safe haven’ Pakistan: Clinton
Washington, July 16 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has once again highlighted that Pakistan is a terror safe haven and said that Al-Qaeda’s leadership is based in that country. Clinton’s comments came a day before her significant visit ... Read More »
Several Taliban insurgents killed as PAF pound Mehsud’s stronghold in South Waziristan
Islamabad, July 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) continued to pound suspected Taliban hideouts in South Waziristan killing scores of militants. According to sources, fighter jets bombarded terror training centers and other suspected installations of the Taliban in Maulvi ... Read More »
‘Release of Saeed, Sufi casts shadow over Pak’s seriousness to crack down on terror’
Washington, July 8 (ANI): The subsequent release of Lashkar-e-Toiba’s (LeT) chief Hafeez Muhammad Saeed, the hardcore Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdullah Aziz, and now the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammed (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad has cast serious doubts over Pakistan’s claims that it is ... Read More »
Mehsud buying, selling children to use them as suicide bombers: Pak Army
London, July 8 (ANI): Pakistan, for the first time has admitted that the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud is virtually running a factory of suicide bombers, and using small children for the purpose. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) ... Read More »
Taliban launches operation ‘foladi jal’ to blunt US’ ‘khanjar’ in Afghanistan
London, July 7 (ANI): The US marines along with Afghan troops have not received much resistance from the Taliban since the allied force launched a massive operation named Khanjar, or ‘sword strike’ against the insurgents in the southern Helmand river ... Read More »
Seminaries patronizing extremism in Pak: Sunni Ittehad Council
Lahore, July 7 (ANI): Religious associations in Pakistan have raised fears about seminaries being used by the extremists as a store for their arms and ammunitions and planning attacks on important locations in the country. The Sunni Ittehad Council, an ... Read More »
Top Taliban commanders wiped out in Swat: Malik
Islamabad, July, 7 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister’s advisor on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik has said that the major Taliban leadership has been wiped out from Swat. Talking to media persons here, Malik claimed that the military offensive being carried out ... Read More »
Pak Police poorly trained, ill equipped to handle Taliban onslaught
Islamabad, July 6 (ANI): The Pakistani police force is underpaid, poorly trained and ill-equipped to handle the Taliban onslaught, as the army drives them from their strongholds in Swat and surrounding areas. Experts say the Taliban has now stepped up ... Read More »
Taliban’s ‘disabled’ teenage suicide bombers may target Chinese nationals in Pak
Lahore, July 4 (ANI): Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud may target Chinese nationals in the country, as he has dispatched disabled teenage suicide bombers for the purpose. The Interior Ministry has issued ... Read More »
Top Taliban commander Fazlullah killed in Swat shelling ?
Rawalpindi, July 2 (ANI): Top Taliban commander Mullah Fazlullah may have been killed in heavy shelling by the security forces, sources have said. Although the report could not be confirmed, sources in the security forces said that the troops had ... Read More »
80 percent of Pakistanis consider Taliban a threat to the country’s stability : Report
Islamabad, July 2 (ANI): The Taliban is loosing support among the people of Pakistan, as about 80 percent of them are against the banned outfit and have termed it a threat for the country, a survey has revealed. According to ... Read More »
Pak Army rules out offensive in North Waziristan
Peshawar, July 2 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has ruled out any possibility of a military offensive against the Taliban in North Waziristan. The Army has said it would honour the peace deal inked with local tribes in the region despite ... Read More »
Military offensive to continue till all extremists rooted out : Zardari
Islamabad, July 2 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the military offensive against the Taliban would continue until all the extremists are rooted out from the country. “The fight against militancy and terrorism will end with the ... Read More »