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US airstrike kills four Haqqani militants in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Dera Ismail Khan [Pakistan], November 30 (ANI): Four militants have reportedly been killed in a US drone strike targeting a hideout of Haqqani network militants near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
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Key Haqqani network leader among dozens killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov 24 (ANI): A key leader of the Haqqani terrorist network was killed, along with dozens of other terrorists, by Afghan special forces in central Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan.
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US Congress approves bill delinking Haqqani Network from LeT
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Nov.18 (ANI): The United States Congress has passed a bill that requires Pakistan to work with its security forces and the Afghanistan Army to delink the Haqqani (terror) Network from the Lashkar-e-Taiba out (LeT).
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Fighting Haqqani Network priority for US
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 14 (ANI): A new bill introduced in the United States Congress has delinkedthe Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) from the Haqqani Network.
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Afghan interior ministry confirms death of 25 Haqqani Network insurgents
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct.21 (ANI): Afghanistan's Interior Ministry on Saturday confirmed through a statement that 25 Haqqani Network insurgents had been eliminated in an operation in Gelan district in the country's Paktika province.
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I thought captors were joking when they said Trump was president, recalls
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], Oct.17 (ANI): A Canadian man who was rescued from the Haqqani Network earlier this week, said he thought his captors were joking when they told him that Donald Trump had become U.S. president.
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Taliban rejects freed Canadian captive's allegations of murder, rape
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct 15 (ANI): The Afghan Taliban has denied the allegations levelled by the freed Canadian captive that his wife was raped and one of their infant children was killed by the militants during their captivity.
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Freed Taliban Canadian man reveals 'his wife was raped'
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], Oct 14 (ANI): The Canadian man, who was freed from the traps of the Haqqani network earlier this week, has shared his plight, saying the members of the terror group in Afghanistan had raped his wife and killed his daughter during their captivity.
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'US boots' on Pakistan's soil out of question: Army
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Oct 13 (ANI): Contradicting Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif of allowing US boots on the Pakistani soil, the Pak Army has categorically declined the proposal saying, "Whatever has to be done on its land is done by Pakistan itself."
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Family held hostage by Taliban group freed after 5 years
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 12 (ANI): An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three young children, who were captive since 2012 by the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network, were freed in a joint operation involving the US. intelligence and the Pakistani forces.
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Haqqanis, Hafiz Saeed were 'darlings' of the US for decades: Pakistan FM A
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Sept.27 (ANI): Clarifying Pakistan's position, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has refused to accept the blame for the presence of the Haqqani Network and Hafiz Saeed in his country, saying it was United States that regarded these 'terrorists' as the darlings of the White H
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Haqqanis, LeT chief 'were your darlings': Pak Foreign Minister tells U.S.
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 28 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has asked the international community to stop blaming Islamabad for the existence of the Haqqani Network and other alleged militant outfits, reminding them that those 'terrorists' were considered the 'darlings'
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