More than 100 people died in bombings carried out by the Pakistani Taliban, which hoped to scare citizens away from the polls. Some parties, including the outgoing Pakistan People’s Party, were limited in their campaigning by the threat of violence.
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Click for detailed story The Taliban have sent suicide bombers to mount election-day attacks on Pakistan’s historic polls, a militant commander said Thursday, following a bloody campaign which has claimed more than 100 lives. Saturday’s vote will be a democratic milestone in a country ruled for half its history by the military but the Pakistani Taliban have condemned it as un-Islamic. They have directly threatened the …
MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani Taliban attacked two leaders of an anti-militant political party on Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing one and wounding another in the latest attack targeting members of secular-leaning parties ahead of next month…
Pakistani Taliban militants have started a new battle against the country's judiciary, which they claim has "failed to protect innocent citizens." At least four persons were killed when two suicide bombers blew themselves up…
Police claimed to have arrested six Pakistani Taliban militants and recovered a large quantity of explosives from their possession.
In a video received Thursday, Professor Ajmal Khan appealed to the KP govt to accept the Pakistani Taliban’s demands for his release.
| Politicians called for peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban on Thursday, as the group killed 18 people in a pair of bombings in the country’s northwest on a police post and a vehicle carrying anti-Taliban militiamen. The call for peace negotiations … See all stories on this topic » |
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Khan, imam at a Miami mosque, is charged with funneling at least $50,000 in cash to the Pakistani Taliban, which the U.S. lists as a violent terrorist organization and one that has long battled the Pakistani military. The witnesses in Pakistan were …
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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal has said the chief, Nawaz Sharif, would not mediate or act as a guarantor for talks with the Pakistani Taliban. In a video statement released …
| ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani schoolgirl whom al Qaida-linked militants shot last year for campaigning for girls education, said Monday that she was prepared to risk her life again for the cause. In her first interview since a Pakistani Taliban gunman … See all stories on this topic » |
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