Peshawar mosque blast leaves 32 dead, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility

Jan 31, 2023, at 12:37 am

Peshawar: At least 32 people died as a blast occurred inside a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area in Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Security forces bust suicide bombers network

Jan 30, 2023, at 04:16 am

Islamabad: Pakistani security forces reportedly busted a network of suicide bombers, local media reported Saturday.

Pakistan: Punjab CTD arrests five suspected terrorists

Jan 21, 2023, at 11:33 pm

Islamabad: The Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department in Pakistan have arrested five  suspected terrorists belonging to banned organisations during intelligence-based operations across the province, media reports said on Saturday.

Threat to attack Parliament house: Two TTP 'terrorists' arrested

Jan 08, 2023, at 12:31 am

Islamabad Inspector General of Police (IG) Dr Akbar Nisar Khan has said two men, who belong to terrorist group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), who threatened to attack the country's Parliament have been arrested, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan: Terrorist, constable die as gunmen attack police checkpost

Jan 01, 2023, at 11:44 pm

Islamabad: A terrorist and a police constable died on Sunday when gunmen attacked a police checkpost in the Shahbaz Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat District in Pakistan, media reports said.

Pakistan: One policeman killed, six others injured in suicide blast in Islamabad

Dec 23, 2022, at 07:29 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: One policeman was killed and at least six people were injured in a suicide blast in Pakistan's capital city Islamabad on Friday, police officials said.

TTP returns to warpath in Pakistan

Dec 01, 2022, at 12:12 am

Islamabad: The proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has asked its combatants to carry out attacks across the country in the wake of “unabated” operations by security forces against militants in the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, media reports said on Wednesday, a move taken by the group when the South Asian nation is witnessing a change in Army's command.

Two Pakistani soldiers die during clash with TTP terrorists in Lakki Marwat

Nov 28, 2022, at 03:36 am

Lakki Marwat: At least two Pakistani soldiers died and two others were hurt in a clash with outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists near Wanda Pashan area in Pakistan's Lakki Marwat district on Friday, media reports said.

US voices concern over rise in TTP attacks in Pakistan

Oct 24, 2022, at 04:14 am

Islamabad:  US State Department's Special Representative and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Afghanistan Thomas West has expressed concern that Pakistan is witnessing a rise in attacks led by banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Taliban make $200m annually through criminal activities in Pakistan, claims Senator

Sep 19, 2022, at 08:25 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has claimed that a high ranking government official revealed in a meeting of the National Security Committee of the National Assembly that the Afghan Taliban have been generating around USD 200 million annually by performing different kinds of criminal activities, which included extortion, in Pakistan.

Pakistan: TTP warns nationalists against levelling allegations

Aug 21, 2022, at 05:02 am

Islamabad: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has warned 'secular' and nationalist groups to stop levelling allegations against the banned outfit.

Pakistan govt creating ‘contingency plan’ to tackle TTP resurgence

Aug 14, 2022, at 03:14 am

Islamabad: The Pakistani government is planning to create a ‘contingency plan’ to deal with a potential resurgence of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Afghanistan: TTP senior commander Omar Kahlid Khorasani killed

Aug 08, 2022, at 09:15 pm

Paktika:  Outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) senior commander Omar Khalid Khorasani has been killed in Afghanistan's Paktika province, media reports said on Monday.

Taliban-brokered Pakistan-TTP talks end in deadlock: Reports

Aug 04, 2022, at 05:31 am

Kabul: The recent talks between Pakistan and the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have reached a deadlock as the militant group refused to budge from its demand for the reversal of the merger of erstwhile Fata with the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan needs to engage Kabul directly to neutralise TTP: Think Tank

Jul 24, 2022, at 03:01 am

Islamabad: A paper released by a think tank has said Pakistan will have to engage the Taliban government in Kabul directly to neutralise the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as the group continues to pose threats to Pakistan’s internal security and western borders.

Pakistan Govt-TTP parleys: Parents of APS martyrs move Peshawar High Court

Jul 17, 2022, at 12:04 am

Peshawar, Pakistan: Five mothers of students, who were killed by militants in the 2014 Peshawar Army Public School attack in Pakistan, have moved Peshawar High Court against the ongoing negotiations between the government and proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Pakistan's key parliamentary committee gives nod for peace talks with banned group TTP

Jul 07, 2022, at 05:32 am

Islamabad: A key parliamentary committee of Pakistan on Tuesday gave formal approval to the Pakistani government for holding peace talks with the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and decided to constitute a steering committee for the talks with the banned outfit.

Pakistan: TTP refuses to budge from demand for Fata merger reversal

Jul 01, 2022, at 10:23 pm

Islamabad: The proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has stated that the group would not back down from its demand for the reversal of the merger of erstwhile Fata with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, media reports said.

Pakistan, TTP agree on indefinite ceasefire

May 31, 2022, at 11:43 pm

Islamabad: The Pakistani authorities and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced that they have agreed to extend the current ceasefire for an indefinite period of time, Express Tribune reported on Tuesday.

UN report says Afghanistan-based TTP terrorists pose threat To Pakistan

May 30, 2022, at 11:05 pm

A United Nations report has unveiled that Afghanistan-based Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) still possesses a major threat on Islamabad.

TTP members circulating leaflets seeking donation to support 'Jihad' across Durand Line

Mar 24, 2022, at 03:13 am

Kabul: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has circulated leaflets in Afghanistan seeking donations to support their “Jihad” across the Durand Line, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan: TTP claims responsibility of grenade attack on Peshawar police check post

Feb 21, 2022, at 11:39 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan: Pakistan’s banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the hand grenade attack which took place in the Phandu region of Peshawar city, media reports said on Monday.

Pakistan releases 46 TTP prisoners

Feb 21, 2022, at 11:32 pm

Islamabad: The Pakistani government recently released 46 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) prisoners with an aim of a permanent ceasefire and peace agreement with the banned terrorist group, media reports said.

Talks with banned TTP could not move ahead: Sheikh Rashid

Feb 07, 2022, at 02:34 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's  Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said talks with banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) failed to move forward.

Oppositon leaders slam Pakistan government over 'policy of appeasement' towards terror outfits

Jan 26, 2022, at 02:51 am

Islamabad: The Pakistani opposition parties on Monday slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government over its 'policy of appeasement' towards terrorist outfits.

Talks with TTP collapsed due to its harsh demands: Pakistan Interior Minister

Jan 25, 2022, at 12:00 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said talks with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had broken down due to the outfit's unreasonable and harsh demands.

TTP now poses a bigger threat to Imran Khan govt in Pakistan: Report

Jan 13, 2022, at 12:59 am

Islamabad: A report has climbed that the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has returned to its violent ways in Pakistan and it is posing a major challenge to the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in the country, media reports said.

Senior leader of banned TTP killed in Afghanistan

Jan 11, 2022, at 02:54 pm

Islamabad: A senior leader of banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) outfit  Khalid Balti alias Mohammad Khurasani has been killed in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, media reports said on Tuesday.

Pakistan asks Afghanistan Taliban to take TTP as a 'test case'

Jan 10, 2022, at 11:52 pm

Islamabad: The Pakistani government feels that the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is a "test case" for the Afghan Taliban, as tackling the group would help the interim government establish its credentials in the eyes of the world with regards to dealing with other terrorist outfits, a senior official has said.

Pakistan: Unknown gunmen attack cop assigned to protect polio vaccination team

Dec 11, 2021, at 11:33 pm

Tank: Unknown gunmen attacked a policeman who was assigned to protect  a polio vaccination team in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Tank, media reports said on Saturday.