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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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