In a statement released on Sunday, the TTP vowed to target a range of business ventures operated by the Pakistani military al Jazeera reported. The group specifically mentioned several companies, including the National Logistics Cell, a logistics company based in Rawalpindi; the Frontier Wor
Growing cases of enforced disappearances, deteriorating situation in Bannu, , the Pakistani Taliban, police, and several socioeconomic factors have proved to give rise to a serious disconnect between local civil society and the military on how to deal with the terrorist threat, Tariq Parvez
On Thursday, Tehreek-e-Taliban, an umbrella group of several Sunni Muslim terrorist groups, claimed responsibility for killing the Shia teachers in a government-run school.
"Amid Pakistan's economic crisis and the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan, the Pakistani Taliban have re-emerged as an increasingly potent threat," warned the report, released in Washington on Tuesday by the US Institute of Peace (USIP).
"We have received information that the head of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in a meeting with the party's provincial spokespersons claimed an assassination attempt was being planned by the TTP and South Waziristan residents have been tasked with executing the task," a TTP statement said.
The suicide bomber who carried out the deadly attack on a mosque in the Peshawar Police Lines area was a member of the Pakistani Taliban disguised as a policeman,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Chief Moazzam Jah Ansari revealed on Thursday in a presser, according to Dawn.
This comes a day after Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said that there will be no talks with TTP or any other terrorist organization, Geo News reported. Sanaullah's remarks come amid a recent spate of attacks by the banned TTP after the group ended a ceasefire with Islam
Within a few days of their victory, the new rulers of Kabul released members of the Pakistani Taliban (known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP) who had been imprisoned in Afghan jails.
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.
The explosive material blew up on a two-way road near the Umar Farooq intersection in the city, the police said. Two injured are said to be in critical condition.
Even though the Minister was released following talks, the incident reflected the growing influence of the TTP in Gilgit Baltistan in the occupied region, according to the Al Arabiya Post.
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 24 (ANI): Amid a stalled peace deal between Islamabad and Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the return of members of the outlawed group in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has raised alarm bells.