Taliban publicly execute man accused of murder, senior officials attendThe execution in western Farah province was of a man accused of stabbing another man to death in 2017, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Muja...
07 Dec, 2022, 05.58 PM IST
Taliban claim they were unaware of al-Qaeda leader in AfghanistanThe killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri on the balcony of a Kabul safehouse Sunday has further strained relations between the Taliban and the West...
04 Aug, 2022, 09.00 PM IST
Haqqani network tried to conceal al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was at safe house in Kabul: ReportAl-Zawahiri was the No. 2 in al-Qaeda when the group conducted the September 11 terror attacks, and American officials considered him a cen...
02 Aug, 2022, 11.43 AM IST
Taliban's secretive Haqqani Network leader finally shows his faceInterior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who also heads the feared Haqqani Network, has previously only been photographed clearly from behind ...
05 Mar, 2022, 05.13 PM IST
Taliban praise suicide bombers, offer families cash and landSirajuddin Haqqani, the acting interior ministry who has a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head as a "specially designated global terrorist"...
20 Oct, 2021, 12.19 PM IST
Taliban appoint hardline battlefield commanders to key Afghan postsMain Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir will be deputy defence minister, while Sadr Ibrahim was named depu...
21 Sep, 2021, 02.51 PM IST
Taliban choices in new cabinet could hamper recognition by WestAfghanistan's interior ministry went to Sirajuddin Haqqani, head of the Haqqani Network, who is wanted by the United States on terrorism ch...
09 Sep, 2021, 12.36 AM IST
Mullah Hasan to head proposed Taliban govt, Mullah Baradar to serve as his deputy: ReportMullah Hasan is presently head of the Taliban's powerful decision-making body - Rehbari Shura or leadership council - which serves much lik...
07 Sep, 2021, 09.10 PM IST
The Haqqani network: Afghanistan's most feared militantsThe Haqqanis have been blamed for some of the deadliest attacks in recent years, claiming the lives of civilians, government officials and ...
21 Aug, 2021, 05.45 PM IST
Who's who in the Taliban leadershipThe inner workings and leadership of the group have long been shrouded in secrecy -- even during their rule from 1996 to 2001 -- but here i...
21 Aug, 2021, 03.44 PM IST
Taliban, Haqqani network retain safe havens in Pakistan: Pentagon"The US continues to be clear with Pak about steps it should take to improve the security environment and deny safe havens to terrorist and...
17 Dec, 2016, 02.30 PM IST
ISI made Haqqani Taliban's No. 2 to protect him from US: Report"The shift is also raising tensions with the Pakistani military, which American and Afghan officials accuse of sheltering the Haqqanis as a...
08 May, 2016, 02.55 PM IST
Pakistan behind rise of international Jihadi forces, says NYTAn op-ed in the NYT said, "This behaviour is not just an issue for Afghanistan. Pakistan is intervening in a number of foreign conflicts."
07 Feb, 2016, 02.55 PM IST
US freezes assets of Pakistan-based Haqqani militantsThe Treasury Department said that Saidullah Jan, Yahya Haqqani and Muhammad Omar Zadran had been designated "specially designated global te...
06 Feb, 2014, 01.32 AM IST
US freezes assets of Pakistan-based Haqqani militantsThe US today targeted the financial and support system of the Pakistan-based Haqqani Network by nominating three of its leaders to its list...
05 Feb, 2014, 11.32 PM IST
- US draws up a list of five most wanted terrorists to be hit
The US views the list as a test of whether Pakistan is serious about fighting terrorists who have long enjoyed safe havens within its borde...
28 May, 2011, 03.19 PM IST
- ISI maintains link with militant commanders: Musharraf
Musharraf conceded ISI has link with militants like Sirajuddin Haqqani.
08 Jun, 2009, 10.00 PM IST