Pakistan Defense Minister Khwaja Asif Sunday said that a decisive operation has been ordered against the militant groups in North Waziristan tribal region with consultations of all stakeholders.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday defended the release of five Taliban detainees in exchange for the only American soldier held captive in Afghanistan.
The hardline separatist leader of Indian-controlled Kashmir Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday condemned terrorist attack in Pakistani port city of Karachi and appealed Afghanistan Taliban supremo Mullah Mohammed Omar to use his influence to stop the terrorist activities of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) against Islamabad.
In the process of Afghan militancy and counter-militancy, the government forces raided and captured a key commander of Taliban militants in Taliban former stronghold the southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, while armed militants kidnapped nearly three dozen Kandahar University professors, officials confirmed.
Militancy and conflicts have left 18 people dead and more than a dozen others injured in Afghanistan on Monday as Taliban launched their spring offensive.
At least six police were killed while several civilians were wounded Thursday evening in a suicide bombing in eastern Afghan province of Panjshir, the Interior Ministry said.
A senior intermediary of the Pakistani Taliban, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, Wednesday said that he would urge the Taliban to extend their ceasefire to take the dialogue process forward.
Eight Taliban militants including two commanders have been detained and four others were killed as security forces stormed Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province on Tuesday, Interior Ministry said.
The Pakistan Taliban decided not to extend ceasefire but the dialogue process with the government will continue, the group's spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said on Wednesday.
Pakistan Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Sunday said there is no deadlock in the peace dialogue with the Taliban.
Pakistan on Monday dismissed allegations that the country was behind recent attacks in Kabul ahead of the Afghan presidential elections on April 5.
A Pakistani government's negotiation team held first direct peace talks with Taliban militants and agreed to continue talks to find out a peaceful solution to the conflict in the country, negotiators said on Wednesday.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Sunday that the government's direct talks with the Taliban would be held in a day or two.
Four assailants were killed while three people were seriously wounded in Taliban attack at a hotel frequented by foreigners in central Kabul capital of Afghanistan on Thursday night, spokesman for Interior Ministry said.
The Afghanistan Interior Ministry has accused foreign intelligence of organizing the deadly offensive in the eastern Jalalabad city on Thursday which left 18 people including 10 police dead and 15 others wounded.
Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, on Tuesday approved establishment of rapid response forces at the federal and provincial levels to quickly respond to any terror incident.
Afghan security forces in operations against anti-government militants raided a house in Saripul province, 350 km north of Kabul, early Wednesday, killing two militants and capturing a Taliban judge, Inspector General Police of the province said.
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