During a Security Council discussion on Wednesday, Pakistani Ambassador to the UN Munir Akram rightly expressed concern that the banned TTP could evolve into a global terrorist threat if left…
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The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other groups affiliated with the Taliban and Al Qaeda are providing Nato-calibre weapons to the militant Islamic State (IS) group — also known by…
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The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) might be seeking a merger with Al Qaeda to create an umbrella organisation that shelters all militant groups operating in South Asia, warned a monitoring…
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The link between the Afghan Taliban and proscribed militant outfits Al-Qaeda and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) remains “strong and symbiotic”, a report published by the United Nations (UN) said. The fourteenth…
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We are in election year again. Ten years back around this time we were in election mode when the terrorism unleashed by the TTP impacted the electioneering and deprived the…
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The terrorist attacks that have left both Pakistan and Afghanistan wounded over the past few days appear to be continuing, and possibly on the increase. On Friday, the Pakistani embassy…
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The United States on Thursday announced it was designating four leaders of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) as terrorists, vowing action as alarms grow…
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High-ranking US officials have held the first in-person meeting with the Taliban since the killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of al-Qaeda. According to US media, the Saturday meeting in the…
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The ‘War on Terror’ continues as the US spearheaded a drone strike a year after its withdrawal from Afghanistan and the rise of the Taliban, killing the leader of al-Qaeda,…
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You cannot learn lessons without some pain – but sometimes, the pain you feel teaches you the wrong lessons. Pakistan’s first war against terror, the brutal and bloody conflict that…
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In the three years since 2018, when we were placed in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s grey-list, Pakistan has addressed 26 out of 27 items on the original action…
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Shafaqna Pakistan: The Taliban are making swift gains in Afghanistan but President Joe Biden is standing firm on a US exit with limited options appearing to be on the table…
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The security situation in Afghanistan has shown little signs of improvement as fighting between government forces and the Taliban continues. The militant group now claims to have taken control of…
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Shafaqna Pakistan: PPP Parliamentary Party leader Senator Sherry Rehman Monday in the Senate criticised the government’s ‘ambiguity’ on Osama bin Laden and asked how he could be declared a martyr…
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Shafaqna Pakistan: Nearly 500,000 people have been killed in the decade-long civil war in Syria , a war monitor said Tuesday (1st June). The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
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It is a matter of shame that, once again, children have been caught in the deadly crossfire in Afghanistan. The bombing of the Sayed Al-Shuhada School in Kabul is a…
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The United Nations has acknowledged the ongoing efforts of the Pakistan government against elements involved in terrorist activities, while noting that the threat from the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had resulted…
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Shafaqna Pakistan: The Taliban are not meeting the promises they made in the peace agreement with the United States, including reducing violence and cutting ties with Al-Qaeda, the Pentagon said…
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Shafaqna Pakistan: The UN General Assembly approved a resolution over Russian objections on Thursday commending progress in peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban while urging stepped-up efforts…
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The Foreign Office on Saturday rejected Indian claims regarding sanctions on banned organisations such as the Taliban or the Islamic State, also known as Da’esh, saying no new sanctions had…
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