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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

The Taliban claims to have captured the strategic city of Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, on the border with Pakistan. One of the group's spokesmen, Zabihullah Mujahid, says that the city was "under mujahideen control". Pakistan confirms the capture, saying that the Taliban removed the Afghan flag and raised theirs. The Afghan Ministry of Defense says that they were checking information. If this is confirmed by the Afghan government, it would be the latest territorial gain by the armed group.
2021-07-14

Unidentified gunmen shoot dead Khurram Zaki, a Pakistani rights activist known for speaking out against the Taliban.
2016-05-8

A Taliban suicide bomb attack outside a police office in central Kabul kills at least 9 people.
2016-02-1

A suicide bomb kills at least seven people and injures 13 others in Pakistan’s Punjab province inside the political office of Pakistan Muslim League MNA Sardar Amjad Farooq Khan Khosa, who was not present. Sardar Khosa, who is attending a meeting in Islamabad, said he did not receive any threat or alert prior to the blast. A Taliban splinter group, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, claims responsibility for the attack.
2015-10-14

Pakistani schoolgirl blogger Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban in October 2012, is discharged from hospital in the UK.
2013-01-4

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

Taliban militants launch a coordinated raid on Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing at least four civilians and injuring more than 40 others.
2012-12-16

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

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