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KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHAWA:
Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Malakand chapter commander Talha Swati was killed in the Asadabad area of Afghanistan's Kunar province, sources confirmed on Saturday.
Swati – associated with the Fazal Ullah group belonged to Swat. He was gunned down in broad daylight after Friday prayers.
The TTP commander was linked to the intelligence…
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PESHAWAR:
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) confirmed on Monday that the terror attack in Besham, which killed five Chinese nationals, was backed by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The report submitted by the CTD stated that the authorities had nabbed the main facilitator who brought the suicide bomber from Afghanistan. It added that the explosives-laden vehicle was…
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ISLAMABAD:
A leaked video widely circulated on social media has substantiated Pakistan’s claim that certain factions within the Afghan Taliban are sheltering terrorists affiliated with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and aiding them in launching attacks on Pakistani security forces.
In the 5-minute-long video clip, seemingly recorded with a mobile phone, an Afghan Taliban commander…
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ISLAMABAD:
A top US General on Saturday said the Afghan Taliban were harbouring the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other violent extremist organisations days after Pakistan conducted rare cross border strikes inside Afghanistan.
"In a classified session I can give you great detail but I would tell you that we do see the Taliban as…
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Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has stated that his country does not desire an armed conflict with Afghanistan, following Islamabad's airstrikes on alleged terrorist hideouts across the border.
In an interview with Voice of America (VoA), Asif emphasized, "Force is the last resort. We do not want to have an armed conflict with Afghanistan."…
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KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Tuesday arrested a proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) operative from Karachi, ARY News reported.
As per details, CTD team on a tip-off conducted an operation near Karachi’s Manghopir area and arrested TTP’s Wali Rehman along with hand grenades.
The CTD officials said Wali Rehman was involved in several terror…
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ISLAMABAD:
Accusing certain elements in the Taliban government for patronising the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its affiliates, Pakistan carried out what it termed "intelligence-based anti-terrorist operations" in the border regions inside Afghanistan on Monday, in a significant escalation in tensions between the two neighbours.
But a carefully worded statement did not specify the nature…
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ISLAMABAD:
A top US General has said the Afghan Taliban government has shown little interest in acting against the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and is unlikely to change that approach in the latest assessment shared with the US Senate Arms Services Committee.
General Michael E Kurilla, Commander, US CENTRAL Command said the TTP was presenting…