Canada on Tuesday blacklisted the Pakistan Taliban as a terrorist organisation.

The US had designated the outfit - known as the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) - as a foreign terrorist organisation (

Pakistani security forces on Wednesday used helicopter gunships and artillery to shell Taliban hideouts in the restive North Waziristan tribal region, a day after a roadside bomb attack in the area ki

Thousands of Pakistani troops, backed by helicopter gunships and fighter jets, advanced on Taliban strongholds in Kurram tribal region and consolidated their positions on Monday even as hundreds of fa

Militant groups under the banner of the Taliban in Pakistan as well as those operating in South and Central Asia pose the ‘greatest threat’ to Islamabad's nuclear infrastructure, a report by a US thin

Ten people, all Afghan civilians, were killed in a Taliban attack on a leading hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul, police said Wednesday.

"Unfortunately as a result of this terrorist attack, 10 of our

Taliban militants attacked the homes of pro-government tribesmen in Mohmand region of northwest Pakistan and killed four persons, officials said on Monday.

The UN Security Council on Friday split the international sanctions regime for the Taliban and Al Qaeda to encourage the Taliban to join reconciliation efforts in Afghanistan.

President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that Afghanistan and the United States are engaged in peace talks with the Taliban, even as insurgents stormed a police station near the presidential palace, ki

Eight soldiers and at least 10 Taliban were killed after the militants attacked a Pakistani security checkpost in the lawless tribal belt before dawn on Thursday, local security officials said.

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Military pressure on the Taliban could lead to “real opportunities” for peace talks with leaders of the Afghan insurgency within a year, outgoing US defence secretary Robert Gates said on Saturday.