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No one has claimed responsibility for the attack but Taliban insurgents are suspected (Pic: EPA)

11 people killed in Islamabad attack

Eleven people have been killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack on a court in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Pakistani Taliban militants train in the tribal areas of north and south Waziristan (Pic: EPA)

30 killed in air strikes in Pakistan

Pakistani fighter jets and gunship helicopters have bombarded hideouts of Taliban militants in the northwest of the country, killing at least 30 militants.

News • 25 Feb 14

Pakistan Taliban members Professor Ibrahim (R) and Mualana Yousaf Shah (L), part of the committee nominated to take part in peace talks with the Pakistan government

40 die as Pakistan jets bomb 'militant hideouts'

Pakistani fighter jets have bombed suspected militant hideouts in an ethnic Pashtun area on the Afghan border, killing at least 40 people, security officials said.

News • 20 Feb 14

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan committee member and senior religious party leader Maulana Sami-ul-Haq (R) and Special Assistant to Pakistan's prime minister Irfan Siddiqui smile prior to a joint press conference following their meeting at the Khyber Pakhtunkh

Pakistan government, Taliban talks get under way

A first round of peace talks between Pakistani Taliban insurgents and the government have taken place in Islamabad.

News • 06 Feb 14

TTP committee members to hold talks with the government include chief cleric of Islamabad's Red Mosque, Maulana Abdul Aziz (R), Maulana Sami-ul-Haq (C) and professor Ibrahim Khan

Preliminary talks on Pakistan peace plans

Negotiators representing the Pakistani government and Taliban insurgents are to meet for preliminary peace talks later today.

News • 04 Feb 14

The market is near the army headquarters in Rawalpindi

Ten dead in Pakistan suicide bomb attack

At least ten people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a crowded market near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.

News • 20 Jan 14

Mullah Fazlullah was elected as leader yesterday

Pakistani Taliban vows revenge attacks

The Pakistani Taliban has said it will orchestrate a wave of revenge attacks against the government after naming hardline commander Mullah Fazlullah as its new leader.

News • 08 Nov 13

Hardline commander Mullah Fazlullah has been elected as the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban

Pakistan Taliban elects chief, rejects peace talks

The Pakistani Taliban has rejected the idea of peace talks with the government after electing hardline commander Mullah Fazlullah as their new leader.

News • 07 Nov 13

Hakimullah Mehsud was believed to be in his mid-30s and was one of Pakistan's most wanted men, has been reported dead several times before

Pakistani Taliban chief killed in drone strike

The head of the Pakistani Taliban was killed by a US drone strike in Pakistan today, security sources and the Taliban have said.

News • 01 Nov 13

US forces capture Pakistan Taliban commander

US military forces have captured Latif Mehsud, a senior commander with the Pakistani Taliban.

News • 11 Oct 13

Malala has dismissed the Taliban threats against her life and repeated her desire to return to Pakistan from the UK

Taliban renews vow to attack rights campaigner

The Pakistan branch of the Taliban has vowed to attack Malala Yousafzai again if it gets the chance, saying the young education rights campaigner has "no courage."

News • 08 Oct 13

Afghan district governor killed in suicide attack

A suicide attack in northern Afghanistan has killed a district governor and 11 other people at a memorial service at a mosque.

News • 30 Aug 13

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is due to step down next year

Six men executed by the Taliban in Afghanistan

The Afghan Taliban has executed six government workers in the western province of Herat, one of the war-ravaged country's most stable regions.

News • 27 Aug 13

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif overturned the moratorium on the death penalty shortly after coming to power in May

Pakistan to carry out first executions since 2008

Pakistan will next week execute four people, including two jailed militants, ending a five-year moratorium on capital punishment.

News • 13 Aug 13

Pakistani policemen carry an injured colleague into a hospital in Quetta

30 killed in Pakistan funeral blast

A Taliban suicide bomber has killed 30 people at the funeral of a policeman in Pakistan, including five senior police officers.

News • 08 Aug 13

Police were fired on from nearby rooftops

Taliban frees hundreds from Pakistan prison

Taliban fighters disguised as police and armed with bombs and grenades have freed 250 prisoners from a jail in Pakistan.

News • 30 Jul 13

Prison in Dera Ismail Khan houses Taliban and militants from banned sectarian groups

Gunmen launch attack on Pakistani prison

Gunmen are battled Pakistani security forces for control of a major prison holding hundreds of militants.

News • 29 Jul 13

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack

Six killed in Afghanistan attack

Six people have been killed in an attack on a foreign logistics and supply company in Afghanistan.

News • 02 Jul 13

Officials of Hamid Karzai's government, were angered by the opening of a Taliban political office in Doha on Tuesday

US and Taliban talks unlikely to take place

Preliminary Afghan peace talks in Qatar between the US and Taliban officials have yet to take place.

News • 20 Jun 13

Four US troops died last night after an attack on a base in Afghanistan

US talks with Taliban expected imminently

US talks with the Taliban are likely to be held within the "next few days" in Qatar, a senior US official said tonight.

News • 19 Jun 13

Afghanistan security forces stand guard near the site of an explosion in Kabul that left three people dead

US troops killed in Bagram ahead of Taliban talks

Four US forces have been killed in an attack on Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, a US official said tonight, speaking on condition of anonymity.

News • 18 Jun 13

Taliban targets Afghanistan airport

Seven Taliban insurgents, including suicide bombers, have attacked the main airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

News • 10 Jun 13

Thirteen people died in the Taliban bomb attack

Pakistani Taliban admits bomb that kills 13

The Pakistani Taliban has admitted responsibility for a bomb that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians.

News • 23 May 13

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is calling on Pakistan to reconsider its support for the US war on Islamist militancy

Taliban says it will target Pakistani election

Pakistan's Taliban has claimed that it is planning to carry out suicide bombings on Saturday's election.

News • 09 May 13

The soldiers were evacuated by air to Camp Bastion but could not be saved

Three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Three British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device, the UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed.

News • 01 May 13