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Pak security forces kill 5 terrorists in Khyber PakhtunkhwaSecurity forces in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have eliminated five terrorists. Operations in Tank and Dera Ismail Khan district...
Pakistan forces kill 22 militants in northwest clash, child killed near Afghan borderPakistani forces eliminated 22 suspected militants in Khyber district near the Afghan border during a fierce exchange of fire. Tragically, ...
Even the dead must make way as construction transforms Afghanistan's capitalKabul is undergoing a massive transformation as the Taliban government revives old plans to widen roads. Homes, businesses, and even a grav...
Coordinated attacks in Pakistan kill 10 security personnel and dozens of insurgentsMultiple coordinated attacks struck southern Pakistan early Saturday. Assailants targeted a high-security prison, police stations, and para...
Balochistan flares up as Pakistan Army's death toll rises sharplyUmer Farooq writing for Pakistan's weekly, Friday Times said that Pakistan is back to the situation where it has to face two insurgencies o...
Taliban spokesman confirms meeting between Pakistan's ISI chief and Mullah BaradarInter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Hameed dashed to Kabul on an unannounced visit last week, becoming the only high-...
View: Afghanistan is just a symptom. The real problem is PakistanWith robust support from Pakistan and a growing resource base, the Taliban is quickly consolidating hold on most of Afghanistan.
Afghan forces fighting to retake Pakistan border crossingFollowing fierce fighting on Thursday evening, dozens of wounded Taliban fighters were being treated at a Pakistan hospital near the border...
Taliban offer three-month ceasefire in return for prisoner releaseThe crossing provides direct access to Pakistan's Balochistan province -- where the Taliban's top leadership has been based for decades -- ...
Afghan war can end in few weeks if Pakistan denies safe heaven to Taliban, says US Senator"As to negotiating with the Taliban, I think we got this wrong. I think what we should do is start negotiating with Pakistan. If Pakistan d...
Pakistan use of terror proxies aiding global Islamic extremism: US diplomatKhalilzad said Pakistan views the Taliban as an effective proxy to ensure Pakistani dominance over Afghanistan.
Mullah Akhtar Mansour strike shows US getting less patient with Pakistan: US mediaUS drone strike that killed Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Pakistan was a signal that the Obama administration was becoming ...
Join peace talks or face consequences: Pakistan warns TalibanAccording to media reports Pakistan has warned the insurgents to call-off their recently-proclaimed 'spring offensive' or face consequences.
'Pakistan must learn from Sri Lanka's success against LTTE'The Sri Lankan experience shows that militants should be isolated and their funds dried for any success against them, Babakhel said.
- Pakistan roots for Karzai in Taliban-troubled neighbour
Pakistan is rooting for incumbent President Hamid Karzai to win Afghan elections, hoping polls foster stability as a fierce Taliban insurge...
- NATO says it fired at insurgents in Pakistan
NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan fired 20 artillery rounds at insurgents inside Pakistan in an attack the alliance said was coordinated w...
- Pak officers, ISI colluding with Taliban: US think tank
Even as the one-month-old peace deal between the Pakistani government and the Taliban collapsed in the Swat valley, a leading US think-tank...