Heavily armed Taliban militants wearing suicide vests under military uniforms stormed a key Pakistan Air Force base believed to have nuclear weapons, triggering a fierce gunbattle that left nine atta

The US on Thursday said Pakistan's nuclear stockpile was not 'endangered' following a daring terrorist attack on the key Kamra Air Force base, believed to house atomic weapons.

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Heavily armed militants stormed a Pakistani air force base on Thursday, sparking clashes that left nine people dead and raised concerns about the safety of the country's nuclear arsenal.

The Taliban have threatened to kill Pakistan cricket star turned politician Imran Khan if he holds a planned march to their tribal stronghold along the Afghan border to protest U.S. drone attacks.

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Iran has allowed the Taliban to open an office in eastern Iran, and has discussed providing them with surface-to-air missiles, raising the potential for cooperation with the insurgents, senior Afghan

Taliban insurgents near the Afghan capital Kabul executed four civilians working for a Western security company, officials said on Wednesday, days after a similar execution in the area.

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A Taliban bomb attack has destroyed 22 fuel tankers carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, local officials said on Wednesday.

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Taliban gunmen stormed a Pakistani police station on Monday, sparking gunbattles in the northwestern town of Bannu near the militant stronghold of North Waziristan, officials said.

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A suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding reception in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 22 people including a prominent politician, and wounding 40 others, police said.

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A man Afghan officials say is a member of the Taliban shot dead a woman accused of adultery in front of a crowd near Kabul, a video obtained by Reuters showed, a sign that the austere Islamist group d