Taliban hint at truce with Sharif govt

Mehsud of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), among others, to keep them from perpetrating violence in Punjab where the electorate gave him a landslide mandate. The TTP despises democracy as a western concept. It wants Islamic

Tehrik e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a banned pro al-Qaida group, claimed responsibility for the attack in a press release sent to news organizations. A top official of tribal region, Riaz Khan, told reporters, The bomb exploded when the rally was about ...

The intelligence agencies have issued an advisory that the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan might attempt to abduct Pervez Musharraf while he is being taken from his farmhouse to court, said Geo TV.

The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has distributed pamphlets in several Pakistani cities, including Peshawar and Karachi, warning people not to participate in next month's landmark general election.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan claimed responsibility for the attack in phone calls to media groups. He warned that the militants would carry out more such attacks.

The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has formed a special force to carry out the attacks, the Urdu daily 'Dunya' quoted a secret document as saying. The document was prepared on the basis of reports from intelligence agencies. It said that there ...

Musharraf is being held at his farmhouse due to threats to his life from the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and other militant groups.

The militants were killed in two suicide attacks which were carried out shortly after fighters of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan occupied the headquarters of the pro-government Ansar-ul-Islam in Tirah Valley.