Kabul: The Afghan Taliban vowed to launch similar attacks to those that engulfed the Afghan capital of Kabul and several provinces on Sunday. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters that the assaults were in retaliation for the burning of copies of the Quran at a NATO base, the killing of 17 Afghan civilians for which a US soldier has been charged as well as for videos apparently showing US Marines...
10:29 PM, Apr 15, 2012
Kabul: Afghan Taliban insurgents have attacked the heavily-guarded palace compound of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a second statement on Sunday. There was no independent verification of the claim. Large explosions and heavy automatic gunfire continued to rock central Kabul as dusk approached, continuing a nearly five-hour gunbattle in locations across the country and in the diplomatic enclave of the capital. ...
08:02 PM, Apr 15, 2012
Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents said on Thursday they were suspending peace talks with the United States because of the "shaky, erratic and vague" US position. US and Taliban negotiators were believed to have had preliminary contacts aimed at establishing an office for the Taliban in the Gulf state of Qatar to launch peace negotiations. Even though substantial talks have yet to begin, the Taliban announcement will dent hopes of a...
06:20 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Mumbai: Terming the arrested 13/7 accused Haroon Naik as "a very, very important member of Indian Mujahideen", Maharashtra ATS on Friday said he had undergone rigorous terror training in Pakistan and fought alongside al Qaeda in Afghanistan against "enemies" in the name of jihad. The Anti-Terrorism Squad was on Wednesday granted custody of jailed IM operative Naik in the blasts case as he was suspected of having participated in the...
07:26 PM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: In a tragic news on Muharram, three blasts have rocked Afghanistan with two blasts occurred outside shrines in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif, one at Kandahar leaving at least 54 people dead. At least 48 people have been reported killed in an explosion at a Kabul shrine, reports said. The blast came in the city centre where Shias had gathered to carry out religious rituals to mark the day. Twin...
03:10 PM, Dec 06, 2011
Islamabad: Afghan Taliban and their Pakistani sympathisers have turned the Kharotabad area in the southwestern outskirts of Balochistan's capital, Quetta, into a safe heaven and a veritable 'vacation spot', raising fears among the people of possible strikes by US drones. Taliban fighters every four months return from the warfront in Afghanistan to rejuvenate and convalesce in dozens of rented residential accommodations in Kharotabad neighbourhood, The Express Tribune reported on Monday....
02:27 PM, Oct 17, 2011
Kabul: A suicide bomber blew up an explosives-packed car at the gates of an Italian military base on Monday in one of two attacks on the relatively secure western city of Herat, killing at least five Afghans in a major commercial center slated to be handed over by NATO to Afghan control in July. The bombings claimed by the Taliban were the second major attack in three days as insurgents...
11:42 PM, May 30, 2011
Kabul: The Afghan intelligence agency said on Monday that the reclusive leader of the Taliban has disappeared from a suspected hideout in Pakistan and has been out of contact with his commanders for days - adding further questions about Mullah Mohammad Omar after a media report said he was killed. The Taliban denied the claim on the Afghan news channel Tolo that Omar was shot dead while being moved inside...
07:59 AM, May 24, 2011
Kabul: Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has reportedly been killed in Pakistan. Afghan news channel Tolo TV claimed that Mullah Omar was killed in a NATO attack as he was being moved from Quetta to North Waziristan two days ago. According to Afghan National Directorate of Security spokesperson Lutfullah Mashal claimed Mullah Omar was being escorted by a former Pakistani's intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) chief General Hamid...
11:19 AM, May 23, 2011
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