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Suicide Bomber Breaches High Security, Kills 59 in Pakistani Mosque

A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a crowded mosque in a highly fortified security compound in Pakistan on Monday, killing 59 people, the latest attack by resurgent extremist militants targeting police in the unstable country. Police said the attacker appeared to have passed through several barricades manned by security…

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Suicide bomber kills 3, wounds 90 at mosque in NW Pakistan

Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber has struck inside a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least three people and wounding about 90 worshippers

The Independent UK

Pakistani court acquits police in Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case

Family says it will appeal verdict in 2018 killing of aspiring model in Karachi that sparked protests.

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Pakistani FM Zardari slams previous government’s TTP policy

Bhutto Zardari says his government has reversed the previous government’s ‘wrong approach’ towards the Pakistan Taliban.

Al Jazeera

Pakistani Taliban's reign of terror returns to Swat Valley

Following the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, the Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-i-Taliban, or TTP) have retaken their positions in areas along the border. With the return of Taliban fighters, the picturesque Swat Valley has once again descended into violence and fear. Targeted killings and kidnappings are now a daily occurrence,…

France 24

Pakistani militants claim killing of two intelligence officials

Islamist militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban on Wednesday claimed the killing of a senior official of Pakistan's premier intelligence agency and another officer, the latest in a resurgence of jihadist violence shaking the country.

Reuters

Pakistan Taliban threatens top political leadership including PM

Latest TTP statement explicitly names Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

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Afghanistan used to launch attacks on Pakistan: Defence minister

Pakistan says no country will be allowed to shelter armed groups staging attacks against it as Kabul reject the charges.

Al Jazeera

Monster makes fun of creator: Taliban leader shames Pakistan, shares 1971 surrender picture

NEW DELHI: Pakistan tasted their own medicine when an Afghan Taliban member shamed them for surrendering to India in the 1971 war that led to the creation of a new nation, Bangladesh from erstwhile East Pakistan.

The Times of India

Pakistan says it won't allow countries to shelter militants

Pakistan’s political and military leadership says no nation will be allowed to shelter militants who stage attacks against the country — an apparent reference to neighboring Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Yearender 2022: Pakistan-Taliban ties in jeopardy over Durand Line crisis

NEW DELHI: The honeymoon period between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban is over as Islamabad is facing an emerging security situation in border provinces and an assertive Taliban, which is unwilling to accept any 'one-sided' change in the status quo ante on the Durand Line issue.

The Times of India

What is behind a resurgence of violent attacks in Pakistan?

Analysts say the government must assert its dominance and immediately devise a strategy to counter escalating attacks.

Al Jazeera

Suicide car bomb kills Pakistan police officer, wounds others

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility for explosion near police headquarters in Islamabad.

Al Jazeera

Car bombing in Islamabad kills 2 suspects and policeman

Police say a powerful car bomb has exploded near a residential area in the capital Islamabad, killing two suspected militants and an officer

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25 militants killed in Pakistan army raid on detention centre; one hostage dies

Pakistan's security forces killed 25 of 35 Islamist militants holed up in a counter-terrorism centre in the northwestern city of Bannu, while one hostage and two commandos died in the operation to retake the compound, the army said.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan launches operation to free officers held hostage by TTP

Security forces storm counterterrorism centre in Bannu to free several security officials taken hostage two days ago.

Al Jazeera

Hostages taken at Pakistan counterterrorism centre seized by TTP

Standoff continues after Pakistani Taliban men overpower guards, snatch weapons and take hostages at facility in Bannu.

Reuters

Hostage talks start after Pakistani Taliban militants seize interrogators

Pakistani authorities on Monday opened talks to try to resolve a stand-off with Islamist militants who were holding several security personnel hostage after seizing control of a counter-terrorism facility in the country's northwest a day earlier.

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The Independent UK

Pakistani Taliban overpower guards, seize police center

Several Pakistani Taliban detainees have managed to overpower their guards at a counter-terrorism center in northwestern Pakistan, snatching police weapons and taking control of the facility

Reuters

Militants seize counter-terrorism centre in Pakistan, take hostages

Islamist militants seized a counter-terrorism centre in the northwestern Pakistani area of Bannu on Sunday and took hostages to negotiate with government authorities, officials said.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan summons Afghan diplomat over border shelling

Border tensions between the South Asian neighbours have risen since the Taliban returned to power last year.

Al Jazeera

‘Unprovoked’ firing from Afghan forces kills civilians: Pakistan

The Pakistan army accuses Afghan forces of killing six civilians in ‘indiscriminate’ firing at the Chaman border.

Al Jazeera

Five challenges Pakistan’s new army chief faces

General Asim Munir has taken over at a time when Pakistan is tackling multiple crises.

Reuters

Ambush claimed by Pakistani Taliban kills three police officers in northern Pakistan

The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for a gun ambush that killed three police officers in northern Pakistan, the second attack claimed by the group just days after it announced an end to a ceasefire with the government.

Al Jazeera

US designates members of Pakistan armed groups as ‘terrorists’

The designation includes leaders of the South Asia-based al-Qaeda offshoot and the so-called Pakistani Taliban.

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