Sources: AFP
Six insurgents kill at least 18 people, including 4 Afghans and 14 foreigners, in a 13-hour gun battle. The Afghan Interior Ministry says that the siege ended when the last gunman was shot dead. NATO reports that "no foreign troops" died. The Taliban claim that they sent five suicide bombers armed with hand grenades and AK-47 assault rifles. The Afghan government blames the attack on the Pakistan-based Haqqani network. 2018-01-21
Pakistan officials tell Reuters its forces will launch a paramilitary crackdown on Islamist militants in Punjab. Sunday's attack was Taliban-affiliated Jamaat-ul-Ahrar's fifth bombing since December. 2016-03-28
Sartaj Aziz, a top foreign affairs adviser for Pakistan, publicly admits for the first time that the Afghan Taliban's leadership is living in the country and that Islamabad has "considerable influence" over them. 2016-03-3
Pakistani military aircraft bomb suspected Taliban hideouts killing 25 militants in North Waziristan. 2014-01-21
Pakistani officials claim that an American drone strike on an Islamic seminary has killed six people, including two Afghan Taliban leaders and a leader of the Haqqani network. 2013-11-21
Thirty-five militants and one soldier are killed in fighting in the Khyber Agency tribal region of northwest Pakistan in an operation. 2013-06-9
Gunmen kill six health workers engaged in a polio vaccination drive in Pakistan, highlighting resistance to a program opposed by the Taliban. 2012-12-18
The London "Times" reports that a secret NATO report claims that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, is set to regain control over Afghanistan after international forces withdraw from the country. 2012-02-1
Pakistani Taliban gunmen opened fire on a Peshawar school bus that kills 15 people. 2011-09-13
The Pakistani military kills 100 Taliban in the northwest of the country. [http:--english.aljazeera.net-news-asia-2010-04-201041014445747250.html (Al Jazeera)] [http:--www.time.com-time-world-article-0,8599,1981084,00.html (Time)]date=August 2019 2010-04-10