Mullah Omar talking peace with US
The elusive Afghan Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, who had called on his warriors in 2011 November to continue the war against NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, has now confirmed having ope
Pakistani Taliban kill 15 kidnapped security men: Spokesman
Taliban militants in Pakistan on Thursday said they had killed 15 security personnel who were taken hostage last month when rebels stormed a fort near South Waziristan tribal region.
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Taliban dump 15 naked bodies of Pak security men
The Pakistani Taliban on Thursday dumped the naked and bullet-riddled bodies of 15 paramilitary personnel kidnapped two weeks ago in the lawless tribal belt and vowed to take ‘harsh revenge’ for opera
Pakistan Taliban commanders 'at each other's throats'
Al Qaeda, the Afghan Taliban and Pakistani militants have held a series of meetings aimed at containing what could soon be open warfare between the two most powerful Pakistani Taliban leaders, militan
Al-Qaida, Taliban seek Pakistani militants' help
Prominent al-Qaida and Afghan Taliban fighters asked Pakistani militants in a pair of rare meetings to set aside their differences and step up support for the battle against U.S.-led forces in Afghani
Taliban say office in Qatar has been agreed
The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they have reached a preliminary agreement to set up a political office in the Gulf nation of Qatar, and asked for the release of prisoners held at the U.S. military
Play Taliban ringtones or you’ll be killed in Afghanistan!
Travellers in Afghanistan will face death if they do not have mobile phones playing Taliban ringtones and messages.
Taliban ringtones include the titles ‘Teenager’, ‘Doomsday’ and ‘Suicide Bomber’.
Nine Pak security personnel killed in Taliban suicide attack
A Taliban suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a paramilitary camp in northwest Pakistan on Saturday killing at least nine troopers and injuring 17 others, the second attack in a
Pakistan military rejects US-led probe on air strike
Pakistan's military on Friday rejected a US-led probe into American air strikes last month that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, describing it as 'short on facts'.
"Pakistan's army does not agree with t
No objection if Taliban opens office: Minister
Afghan Foreign Affairs Minister Zalmai Rasoul has said the government will not object to the Taliban opening an office in the country or abroad for conducting negotiations on bringing peace to the cou