Sources: AFP
Taliban defense minister Mullah Yaqoob says that security forces have killed or arrested several militants from Tajikistan and Pakistan who are accused of multiple attacks in Afghanistan. 2023-12-31
Pakistani forces rescue Canadian Joshua Boyle, American Caitlan Coleman, and their family, in the Kurram Valley. The family had been kidnapped by the Taliban nearly five years ago in Afghanistan's Wardak Province. 2017-10-12
Unidentified gunmen shoot dead Khurram Zaki, a Pakistani rights activist known for speaking out against the Taliban. 2016-05-8
The Taliban's Qatar office confirms its leaders are in Pakistan to talk about Afghan refugees and the release of prisoners. The representative did not say if the delegation will discuss the peace process. 2016-04-27
The Afghan government claims that Taliban leader Mohammad Omar died in April 2013 in Pakistan of natural causes. 2015-07-29
Pakistan frees Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a cofounder of the Taliban in Afghanistan. 2013-09-21
The Pakistani Taliban denies any involvement in the Boston marathon bombings. 2013-04-15
Pakistani schoolgirl blogger Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban in October 2012, is discharged from hospital in the UK. 2013-01-4
Taliban insurgents attack a Pakistani military post in Jogi with the Pakistani Army suffering seven casualties and another 10 soldiers killed. 2012-01-31
The Taliban claim that they are holding a British foreign aid worker and offer to exchange her for Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistan scientist recently jailed in the United States. 2010-09-27