Taliban

Mar- 2025 -

9 March

Pakistan is wary of attacks on its soldiers by TTP militants.

Police Say Pakistan Taliban Attack Kills Four Paramilitary Troops

At least four Pakistani paramilitary troops were killed when local Taliban fighters attacked a security checkpoint in a northwestern border.

1 March

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Suicide Blast at Taliban Religious School in Pakistan Kills Six

A suicide attack at an Islamic religious school in Pakistan known as the "University of Jihad" — where key Taliban leaders have studied — killed six people on Friday, police said.

Feb- 2025 -

16 February

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Islamic State Group Claim Bombing of Taliban Ministry

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing of a Taliban government ministry in Afghanistan which killed one person and wounded at least three more.

8 February

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Uzbekistan Hands Helicopters From Pre-Taliban Afghan Army to US

Uzbekistan transferred to the US seven Black Hawk helicopters that Afghan pilots flew to the Central Asian state fleeing the Taliban in 2021.

Jan- 2025 -

26 January

Terrorism

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during his nomination hearing as Department of State Secretary in Washington DC, USA, on January 15, 2025. (Photo by Lenin Nolly/NurPhoto) (Photo by Lenin Nolly / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

Staff Writer With AFP

Rubio Threatens Bounties on Taliban Leaders Over Detained Americans

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday threatened bounties on the heads of Afghanistan's Taliban leaders, sharply escalating the tone as he said more Americans may be detained in the country than previously thought.

Dec- 2024 -

28 December

Asia Pacific

Pakistani troops patrol along the Afghanistan border at Big Ben post in Khyber district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Staff Writer With AFP

Pakistani Soldier Killed in Border Clash With Afghanistan Forces: Security Source

At least one Pakistani paramilitary soldier was killed and seven others wounded in cross-border exchanges of fire with Afghan forces.

25 December

Air

A Taliban fighter stands guard at the entrance of the police headquarters in Ghazni on August 12, 2021

Staff Writer With AFP

Pakistan Air Strikes Kill 46 in Afghanistan, Kabul Says

Pakistan air strikes in eastern Afghanistan killed 46 civilians, the Taliban said, while a Pakistan security official said the bombardment targeted "terrorist hideouts."

12 December

Asia Pacific

Taliban fighters stand guard near the Sardar Mohammad Dawood Khan military hospital in Kabul

Staff Writer With AFP

Afghan Refugees Minister Killed by Suicide Blast

The Afghan minister for refugees was killed on Wednesday in a suicide bombing at the ministry's offices in the capital Kabul, government sources said, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility for the attack.

Nov- 2024 -

7 November

Asia Pacific