Pakistani Taliban's decision to appoint most hard-liner commander Mullah Fazalullah as their new chief is seen as a serious setback for the proposed peace talks with the government.
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denied reports by Western media that a diplomat has held talks with Afghanistan's Taliban movement over the release of a Russian held captive since April.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday told cabinet ministers that his government will pursue talks with the Taliban despite the killing of Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud in a recent U.S. drone strike.
Lawmakers in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly late Monday unanimously adopted a resolution against the American drone strikes and called upon the federal government to take measures to stop these attacks.
Afghan newspapers on Sunday gave wide coverage of the death of Hakimullah Mehsud, leader of Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan (Pakistan Taliban movement) who was killed in a U. S. drone attack in Pakistan's tribal area of North Waziristan on Friday.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan ( TTP), or Pakistan Taliban, has appointed Asmatullah Shaheen as their interim leader after differences emerged among various ranks to replace the former TTP Chief Hakimullah Mehsud who was killed in a U.S. drone strike on Friday, local media quoted unidentified sources as saying on Sunday.
A Taliban key commander was killed in an airstrike in western Afghanistan's Nimroz province, sources said Sunday.
Pakistan on Wednesday denied claim by the Afghan Taliban that their second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has not been freed despite official announcements about his release.
Exactly 12 years ago on Oct. 7, 2001, the U.S.-led military coalition forces invaded Afghanistan to topple the Taliban regime that harbored Osama Bin Laden, the alleged mastermind of the deadly 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.
Pakistan's top security adviser Thursday defended the government's policy to initiate dialogue with the Taliban for peace.
Fifty-five Taliban militants were killed and 37 wounded in separate joint military operations since early Tuesday, said the Afghan Interior Ministry Wednesday morning.
Pakistan Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Monday snubbed the Taliban militants over their demands as pre-condition for the peace talks and said the security forces will not allow them to impose their terms.
Pakistani Taliban Sunday called for the release of their prisoners and withdrawal of army from the tribal regions, which the group says could be major confidence building measures for the possible peace talks.
Pakistan said Tuesday it would soon release senior Afghan Taliban leader Mulla Andul Ghani Baradar who was arrested in Karachi in February 2010 in a joint raid by the American CIA agents and Pakistani forces.
Forty-five Taliban rebels surrendered in Afghanistan, sources said Sunday.
Pakistani government Sunday denied media reports that talks with the Taliban have started.
Five people were killed and 15 others wounded Tuesday night when Taliban launched an attack on a stopped logistic convoy in western Afghan province of Farah, the authorities said Wednesday morning.