Tag: Taliban

A Pakistani correspondent interviews an aspiring suicide bomber.

They have no uniform and little training but a small band of Afghan women are taking the battle to the Taliban after becoming Helmand’s first female police recruits the Ministry of Defence said. ///

Nigeria welcomed the death in police custody of a hardline Islamist leader but human rights groups condemned an unlawful killing. Muhammed Yusuf died of multiple gunshot wounds late on Thursday less than an hour after he was captured by police in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri.

The regional dimension to the insurgencies in Afghanistan and Pakistan

At least 11 people were killed last night and 70 injured when suspected Islamic militants stormed a five-star hotel frequented by aid workers in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Outmatched by technology, the Taliban is taking its war to the road in a campaign that not only damages infrastructure but is also taking a toll in lives.

To fight militancy, Pakistan needs to conquer its radicalized north-west, then govern it.

FOR several years, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has been trying to negotiate and reconcile with supposedly moderate elements of the Taliban… We know that there is not, and will never be, any “moderate Taliban.”

Diplomats and human rights campaigners have condemned a peace deal between the Pakistan government and Taliban militants after harrowing video footage revealed a teenage woman begging for mercy during a public flogging.

Taliban militants are forcing singers and actors to join radical preaching groups in Pakistan or face death.

Suraya Pakzad still receives death threats for teaching women how to read and write in Taliban-controlled parts of Afghanistan.