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Late-night Pakistani airstrike in Afghanistan's Khost killed 9 children, claims Taliban

November 25, 2025 10:38 am

Pakistani airstrike in Afghanistan Updates: A Pakistani air strike in Afghanistan's Khost province has reportedly killed nine children and a woman, according to the Taliban government. Kabul says Pakistani forces also carried out attacks in Kunar and Paktika, injuring four civilians.

Noor Wali Mehsud became leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in 2018, following the deaths of his three predecessors in US drone strikes.(Wikimedia Commons)

Who is Noor Wali Mehsud, the man behind Pakistan's deadly new enemy, Afghanistan

October 16, 2025 8:44 pm

His presence across the border has become the central point of tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan, even as a fragile ceasefire holds in the wake of the fiercest clashes between the neighbours in decades.

The fire exchange took place in tribal region of South Waziristan, which sits next to the Afghan border - a region that has long been a safe haven for the militants who operate on both sides of the border.

Pakistan army says four soldiers killed in firefight with militants

November 08, 2024 8:27 am

Islamabad says the militants use the Afghan soil to train and plan attacks in Pakistan, a charge Kabul denies, saying the militancy has been a home grown problem for the South Asian nation.

25 terrorists neutralised, 11 injured in 'extensive' operations by Pakistan's security forces in northwest

August 27, 2024 11:14 pm

The operations were based on "robust intelligence” and resulted in major setbacks to Fitna al Khawarij and its affiliates, the Pakistan military's media wing - the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) - said in a statement, referring to the TTP.

Pakistan to seek Afghan Taliban leader's help to control TTP

February 05, 2023 7:08 am

Pakistan has been hit by a wave of terrorism, mostly in the country's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, but also in Balochistan and the Punjab town of Mianwali, which borders the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Pakistan interior minister defends talks with banned terror group TTP

October 03, 2021 2:30 pm

"We know very well who's good and who's bad. Anyone who thinks we are not aware of that, he's mistaken, he doesn't have sense," Sheikh Rashid said.

US terrorism report: Iran tagged as top terror sponsor, global attacks fall

US designates Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Mehsud as global terrorist

September 11, 2019 7:11 pm

Mehsud was designated as a 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist' by the US Department of State on Tuesday, on the eve of the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Pakistan confirms killing of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Mullah Fazlullah in Afghanistan

Pakistan confirms killing of TTP chief Mullah Fazlullah in Afghanistan

June 21, 2018 10:38 pm

Fazlullah had directed numerous high-profile attacks against the US and Pakistani targets since he was appointed the group's leader in 2013, including the December 2014 attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar.

Tehreek-e-Taliban confirms death of Umar Mansoor, elects new chief

October 18, 2017 5:37 pm

According to reports, Umar Mansoor, brain behind the Peshawar school attack, was wounded in an US drone strike in Afghanistan on Tuesday. He succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday.