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 The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022
Pakistan launches operation to free officers held by Taliban Security officials say Pakistan’s special forces have launched an operation to free several security officers who were taken hostage by a group of detained Pakistani Taliban militants following a two-day standoff The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022
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. Al Jazeera · Dec 19, 2022
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. Reuters · Dec 19, 2022
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 The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022
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. Reuters · Dec 3, 2022
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. Al Jazeera · Dec 2, 2022
Pakistan demands Taliban prevent attacks, after suicide bomb Pakistan has demanded neighboring Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers prevent terrorist attacks coming from their soil The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022
Pakistan suicide bombing targets polio workers killing four in deadly explosion The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in the southwestern city of Quetta, Pakistan, which injured around 20 police officers and a four year old girl Daily Mirror · Nov 30, 2022
3 dead as bomber hits Pakistan police protecting polio teams Officials say a suicide bomber has killed three people and wounded nearly two dozen others in an attack on a truck carrying police officers tasked with protecting polio workers near Quetta The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022
Pakistan's new army chief takes charge of military Pakistan’s new military chief has taken command of the country's armed forces The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022
Malala Visits Pakistan on 10th Anniversary of Taliban Shooting Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday returned to her native Pakistan to meet flood victims, 10 years after a Taliban assassination attempt against her. Her visit -- only the second since she was flown to Britain for life-saving treatment -- comes as thousands of people protested in her home… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 11, 2022
Pakistani Militant Leader Killed in Afghanistan A late night roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan struck a vehicle carrying members of the Pakistani Taliban group, killing a senior leader and three other militants, several Pakistani officials and militant figures said Monday. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the Sunday night killing of Abdul Wali, also widely known… Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 8, 2022
Gunmen kill 2 policemen, polio worker in northwest Pakistan Pakistani police say gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on policemen escorting a team of polio workers in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban near Afghanistan, killing two policemen and a polio worker The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022 Pakistan sends 50-member team to Kabul to discuss cease-fire Pakistan’s government has sent a 50-member delegation of tribal elders to Kabul to negotiate an extension of a truce with the Pakistani Taliban
The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2022 Suicide blast in southern Pakistan kills 3 Chinese, driver Pakistani officials say an explosion ripped through a van inside a university campus in southern Pakistan, killing three Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver
France 24 · Feb 9, 2022 Pakistan’s ‘good Taliban-bad Taliban’ strategy backfires, posing regional risks For decades, Pakistan pursued a policy of supporting the Afghan Taliban while cracking down on the Pakistani Taliban, the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP). With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, Islamabad may have won its “long game”. But its game of chicken may be backfiring with jihadists coming home to roost.
Al Jazeera · Jan 18, 2022 Policeman killed in shoot-out at checkpoint in Pakistani capital The Pakistani Taliban armed group has claimed responsibility for the targeted attack in Islamabad.
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2022 Pakistani Taliban claim multiple overnight attacks on police The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for multiple overnight gun attacks on police in the capital of Islamabad and the country's restive northwest