Mullah Fazlullah reported killed in Afghanistan
An Afghan police commander claimed that his forces killed a top Pakistani Taliban leader during a clash in Nuristan province. The report has not been confirmed by US officials. M...
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Pakistani Taliban assault district center in Nuristan
A large Taliban force under the command of a wanted Pakistani leader attacked Afghan police in the northeastern province, sparking clashes that lasted for hours. An estimated 300...
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Pakistan declares Ramadan cease-fire
The Pakistani government declared a cease-fire in the Taliban-controlled tribal areas bordering Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Offensive military operations in the...
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Fighting intensifies in Pakistan’s Northwest
The security situation in northwestern Pakistan continued to deteriorate as Taliban and government forces clashed in South Waziristan and Bajaur. The Taliban also conducted a successful attack on...
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Taliban suicide bomber strike at Pakistani hospital, kills 29
Just one day after Pervez Musharraf's resignation from the office of the president of Pakistan, the Taliban conducted a deadly strike in the settled district of Dera Ishmael Khan. A Taliban...
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Bombing on Pakistani Air Force bus kills 13 in Peshawar
The Taliban have taken credit for a deadly bus bombing on a Pakistani Air Force bus in Peshawar. Thirteen Pakistanis, including ten security offici...
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Pakistani forces clash with Taliban in Bajaur
The Pakistani military and the Taliban battled in the northern tribal agency of Bajaur after security forces launched an attack. More than 25 extremists were...
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Taliban, Pakistani Army clash in Swat
Map of Swat. Click map to view. The Pakistani Army claimed 48 Taliban fighters, including ten senior Swat leaders, were killed in a major battle in the settled district of the...
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Taliban capture 25 Pakistani security personnel in Swat
Mullah Fazlullah. Click image to view the slideshow of the Taliban Leadership in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Taliban have struck again in Pakistan' s lawless Northwest...
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Operation ends in Hangu; Government opts for negotiations in northwest
The Pakistani military has halted the operation against the Taliban in the Northwest Frontier Province district of Hangu just seven days after it began. The operation was ended just one day after...
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Pakistani military advances in Khyber
The military operation in Pakistan's tribal agency of Khyber completed its second day. The military said the operation is limited in scope, while the Taliban have again threatened to attack...