Ayaz Gul VOA News January 18, 2022 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The outlawed Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Tuesday for a rare overnight attack in Islamabad that killed a police officer and wounded two others. Police officials said two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on a security checkpoint near one of the city’s busy markets late on
Daud Khattak Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 13, 2022 When the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, government officials, retired military officers, and hard-line clerics in neighboring Pakistan celebrated the militant group’s return to power. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said the Taliban had broken the “shackles of slavery” by toppling the Western-backed Afghan government. But
Al Jazeera: A senior leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistan Taliban or TTP) has been killed in eastern Afghanistan, Pakistani security officials say, as a peace talks process between the armed group and the government remain stalled. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Pakistani military spokesman Babar Iftikhar said on Wednesday that peace talks with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had been suspended, adding that military operations were underway against the network. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghan Taliban turn blind eye to Pakistani militants
By Radio Mashaal December 30, 2021 Four Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an attack in the North Waziristan tribal district. The banned Islamist group Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the December 30 attack in the Karkanra area of the Mir Ali subdistrict. There were no immediate reports of other casualties. Attacks on police
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 9, 2021 The Pakistani Taliban, a militant group fighting a guerrilla war in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan, says it will not extend a cease-fire agreed to last month, accusing Islamabad of failing to respect terms of the truce deal. The group, also known as Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP),
Daud Khattak Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 8, 2021 Pakistan has released 12 members of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from custody, a source told RFE/RL on December 8, amid ongoing negotiations to reach a peace deal with the Islamist group fighting a guerrilla war in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan. The government and
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 23, 2021 ISLAMABAD — A month-long truce between Pakistan and the outlawed militant alliance known as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) largely held into a 15th day Tuesday as the two adversaries negotiate a peace deal, with neighboring Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban mediating the talks. The TTP, commonly known as the Pakistani Taliban,
Al Jazeera: The Taliban is acting as a mediator between the Pakistani government and the Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister has said. In an interview to the BBC’s Urdu service on Sunday, Amir Khan Muttaqi said the Afghan Taliban had stepped in at the “request” of both parties. Click
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 8, 2021 Pakistan has reached a “complete cease-fire” with the banned Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a government minister has said. State television on November 8 quoted Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry as saying negotiations with TTP, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, were ongoing and the cease-fire would be extended, depending on the