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Pak: TTP's ceasefire call-off may prompt Army Chief to roll back Bajwa's d
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
TTP is an umbrella organisation of several radical Sunni militant groups that seek to establish Sharia law in Pakistan. It has sanctuaries on either side of the Durand Line that divides Pakistan and Afghanistan; it has been a known ally of the Taliban regime, which was viewed till recently a
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Pakistan: Attack on girls' school in Waziristan kills one
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
One person was killed and a security personnel was injured in an attack when unknown militants opened fire on a girls' school in Pakistan's South Waziristan on Thursday, according to Dawn. The attack took place in a school in the Azam Warsak area of the South Waziristan district.
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J&K: Police submit chargesheet against 13 TRF militants
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The police had received credible information about the presence of active terrorists of The Resistance Front (TRF), an off-shoot of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), in a few residential houses of Barthana in Qamarwari area, the release stated.
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US designates AQIS, TTP leaders as global terrorists
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The list of designated terrorists includes Osama Mehmood the emir of AQIS, Atif Yahya Ghouri the deputy emir of AQIS and Muhammad Maruf, responsible for AQIS' recruiting branch. The State Department has also designated the deputy emir of TTP Qari Amjad, who oversees operations and militants
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Militants threaten to target six police stations in Pakistan's Punjab
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In order to avenge the killing of a most-wanted criminal, a militant group in Pakistan's Rajanpur district threatened to attack six police stations following which the police have withdrawn the force from the stations, Dawn reported on Saturday.
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J-K Police files chargesheet against 4 militants with Hizbul links
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The four accused persons are alleged to have links with Hizbul and also accused to be involved in terror funding through hawala channels, the police said.
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Young Pandit Arhan Bagati fuels hope of a 'new Kashmir'
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
At a time when many Kashmiri Pandits have threatened to leave the Valley citing lack of security in the wake of recent targeted militant attacks and killings, Arhan, also a Pandit who was born in Delhi, returned to his roots in pursuit of shaping a 'new and prosperous' Kashmir.
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8 Pak security personnel killed in two terror incidents
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The first incident, which was claimed by outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), occurred in the Lakki Marwat's Kurrum Par area when militants opened fire on a police van, killing six personnel. In a separate incident, two soldiers were killed and a militant killed in a clash near the Pak
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Pak militant commander backs 'good Taliban' in peace
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Mir Ajam Khan, who came in with a dozen of his armed men, in his brief speech there, gave credit to 'good Taliban' for restoring peace in the area in 2007, the Dawn newspaper reported.
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Assam: Army's encounter with suspected militants underway in Tinsukia
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The defence PRO of Guwahati told ANI that the encounter began at around 9.20 am on Sunday and is still on
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Srinagar: Tributes paid to Major Purshottam on 23rd death anniversary
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Major Purushottam, who was posted as a Public Relations Officer (Defence) along with five of his comrades, fought the militants who had launched the attack on his office on November 3, 1999. He and his colleagues were killed while trying to save the journalists who were present in the PRO's
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Taliban militants claim responsibility for 43 attacks in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for carrying out 43 attacks in 18 districts of Pakistan
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