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Number of times China blocked UN from designating Pakistan-based militants
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
India's perseverance has finally paid off as China had to lift its "technical hold" on the designation of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) deputy chief Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist under the 1267 UN Sanctions committees as the country was left isolated in the security co
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Taliban threat dominates China's policy towards Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Concerned over the potential spillover of militants from Kabul into the country's western Xinjiang, China has stepped in and engaged with the new Taliban government, promising trade and investment, Afghan Diaspora Network reported.
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Imran Khan admitted to reintroducing TTP militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was being funded from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and that PTI chief Imran Khan had himself admitted to reintroducing the TTP militants in the province they were expelled from, reported The
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TTP militants in KP region between 7,000 and 10,000: Pakistan Interior Min
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Blaming the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for not paying heed to the security of the region, Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Wednesday said that an estimated number of around 7,000 to 10,000 Tehreek-i-Taliban-Pakistan (TTP) militants are present in the region, Dawn reported.
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Suicide bombing in Islamabad kills 2 suspects and policeman
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A powerful car bomb detonated in a residential area in Pakistan's capital on Friday, killing two suspected militants and an officer, police said, raising fears that militants have a presence in one of the country's safest cities, reported Irish Examiner.
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Pakistan's home-grown "asset" TTP haunts its master
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
This year ends on an alarming note in Pakistan as many as 33 Islamist militants, who were under detention and interrogation, snatched the guns from security personnel on duty and made them hostage in their own office for three days and killed two.
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Pakistan: Militants storm police station in South Waziristan, flee with we
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Militants armed with rocket launchers and heavy weapons forced their way into the police station in Wana, the Dawn newspaper reported. A policeman inside at the time of the attack told Dawn that around 50 militants entered the station after blowing up the front gate.
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Assam: Gunfight between security forces and ULFA-I takes place Tinsukia
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A gunfight between security forces and suspected ULFA-I militants took place in the Tinsukia district in Assam on Wednesday morning.
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Era of peace started in the Northeast after 2014: Anurag Thakur
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"The era of peace started in the northeast after 2014. 80 per cent reduction in insurgency violence, 89 per cent reduction in civilian deaths and 6000 militants surrendered after 2014. 265 per cent reduction in left-wing extremism," said Union Minister Anurag Thakur.
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Taliban militants claim responsibility for last Tuesday attack in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, Midstone Centre for International Affairs (MCIA) senior associate Shemrez Nauman Afzal said, "Note that #TTP spokesman's claim said "Tuesday past week" at the start of the statement. This could imply that the claimed attack took place on Tuesday 13th Dec, and after 5 days
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Militants seize police station in northwest Pakistan's Bannu district
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The provincial government claimed no one had attacked the police station. But added that some suspects in custody under suspicion of terrorism tried to snatch weapons from security personnel deployed on-site, the report said.
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Two security personnel injured in clashes with "militants" in northwest Pa
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, Pakistani journalist Roohan Ahmad said that there was an intense gun battle between the security personnel and "militants" in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu area.
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