Tag: Taliban
12 police killed in fight with Taliban in Afghanistan
At least 12 police personnel, including two senior officers, were killed in fresh clashes with Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan’s…
Iran denies helping Taliban in Afghanistan
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Monday denied allegations that it helps a Taliban push in an Afghan province bordering Iran, local…
Taliban launch fresh attacks on Western Afghanistan city
Hundreds of Taliban fighters again attacked parts of the provincial capital of Farah in Western Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday.
Taliban captures west Afghanistan district
Officials said 15 members of the Afghan security forces were unaccounted for on Monday after Taliban seized control of a…
Taliban Chops Off Thief’s Hand, Foot
Taliban militants punished a man accused of stealing by hacking off one foot and one hand, an official in the…
Taliban Stone Woman To Death
The Taliban on Thursday stoned a woman to death and whipped a man on charges of adultery in Afghanistan’s north-eastern…
Taliban hangs 3 Afghan soldiers, 3 others in Afghanistan
Six men, comprising three Afghan soldiers, two policemen and one civilian, were reportedly hanged by the Taliban in Afghanistan’s remote…
Afghan Taliban fighters attack Kandahar airport, kill 9
At least nine people have been killed in heavy fighting at the airport in the Afghan city of Kandahar, reports…
We shot down US C-130 plane, killed 11, Taliban says
AFP – The Taliban on Friday claimed to have shot down a C-130 military transport plane in eastern Afghanistan, with…
Pope condemns Pakistan church attacks
Pope Francis on Sunday condemned two suicide attacks on churches in Pakistan and accused the world of “seeking to hide”…
Taliban attacks on Pakistan churches kill 14, spark riots
Fourteen people were killed and more than 70 injured when two Taliban suicide bombers attacked churches in Pakistan’s Lahore on…
White House refuses to call Taliban ‘terrorists’
The White House on Thursday declined to describe Afghanistan’s Taliban as a terrorist group, prompting consternation from the right, which…
Children return to Taliban massacre school in Pakistan
Child survivors of Pakistan’s worst ever terrorist attack returned to the school where Taliban militants massacred their classmates Monday, with…
Pakistan offers $100,000 bounty for Taliban leader
The government of Pakistan’s restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province Monday announced a bounty worth 10 million rupees (US$100,000) for information leading to…
Militants burn primary schools in Pakistan
Militants set fire to two primary schools in Pakistan’s troubled northwest on Tuesday as authorities extended winter holidays amid threats…