If the Taliban is recognized, the concerns and complaints of the international community will be addressed in a better way, said Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid.
Zardari in an interview with German broadcaster DW Urdu said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government had asked the Taliban to facilitate reconciliation with the TTP and had plans to resettle the militants in Pakistan.
Pakistan Human Rights Minister Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Sunday countered PTI leader Shireen Mazari's claim that ex-army chief retired Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa wanted to "resettle" the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) members in the country, saying ex-army generals were in favour of bringing TTP
"We strongly condemn the Taliban's push to exclude women from all public life: women are kept from strolling in parks, are not seen on TV screens anymore, are deprived of their right to attend schools and universities, and are now also kept from working in humanitarian assistance," a stateme
Taliban has gutted the country's justice system by scrapping the constitution and replacing the legal code with rules based on a draconian interpretation of Islamic law.
Karachi Police Office (KPO) -- a centrally located building on the city's main artery -- came under a terrorist attack on Friday by the banned outfit Teheek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The statement said the 11 were allegedly accused of "moral crimes and adultery", and were lashed by the Taliban in front of a huge crowd in northern Badakhshan province.
"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).
An IFFRAS report claimed that during the last three months, the TTP and its members have carried out 160 attacks that have claimed hundreds of lives and also exposed the flaw and vulnerability of the country's defense to counter-terrorism.