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Pakistan launches operation to free officers held hostage by TTP

Security forces storm counterterrorism centre in Bannu to free several security officials taken hostage two days ago.

Al Jazeera

Schools close as Pakistan Taliban siege on police station drags on

Bannu (Pakistan) (AFP) - Local schools were ordered shut on Tuesday out of fear of more kidnappings as a hostage situation at a police station taken over by jailed Pakistan Taliban fighters dragged into its third day.

AFP

Schools close as Pakistan Taliban seige on police station drags on

AFP

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Hostages taken at Pakistan counterterrorism centre seized by TTP

Standoff continues after Pakistani Taliban men overpower guards, snatch weapons and take hostages at facility in Bannu.

Al Jazeera

Hostage talks start after Pakistani Taliban militants seize interrogators

Pakistani authorities on Monday opened talks to try to resolve a stand-off with Islamist militants who were holding several security personnel hostage after seizing control of a counter-terrorism facility in the country's northwest a day earlier.

Reuters

Pakistani Taliban overpower guards, seize police center

Several Pakistani Taliban detainees have managed to overpower their guards at a counter-terrorism center in northwestern Pakistan, snatching police weapons and taking control of the facility

The Independent UK

Militants seize counter-terrorism centre in Pakistan, take hostages

Islamist militants seized a counter-terrorism centre in the northwestern Pakistani area of Bannu on Sunday and took hostages to negotiate with government authorities, officials said.

Reuters

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Pakistan summons Afghan diplomat over border shelling

Border tensions between the South Asian neighbours have risen since the Taliban returned to power last year.

Al Jazeera

‘Unprovoked’ firing from Afghan forces kills civilians: Pakistan

The Pakistan army accuses Afghan forces of killing six civilians in ‘indiscriminate’ firing at the Chaman border.

Al Jazeera

Five challenges Pakistan’s new army chief faces

General Asim Munir has taken over at a time when Pakistan is tackling multiple crises.

Al Jazeera

Ambush claimed by Pakistani Taliban kills three police officers in northern Pakistan

The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for a gun ambush that killed three police officers in northern Pakistan, the second attack claimed by the group just days after it announced an end to a ceasefire with the government.

Reuters

US designates members of Pakistan armed groups as ‘terrorists’

The designation includes leaders of the South Asia-based al-Qaeda offshoot and the so-called Pakistani Taliban.

Al Jazeera

US names anti-Pakistan groups 'terrorist' organizations

The State Department says it has added a key anti-Pakistan militant group and its al-Qaida branch to its list of "global terrorists.”

The Independent UK

Pakistan demands Taliban prevent attacks, after suicide bomb

Pakistan has demanded neighboring Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers prevent terrorist attacks coming from their soil

The Independent UK

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Pakistan gets a new army chief, but will he play the old game?

General Asim Munir, Pakistan’s new military chief, took command this week amid security and economic crises and a deepening political rift between opposition leader Imran Khan and the government. Can the new man on the job stem the chaos, and would that entail the old way of doing military business…

AFP

Pakistan Taliban claim suicide blast killing four

Quetta (Pakistan) (AFP) - Four people were killed and 27 injured Wednesday when a suicide bomber targeted a police truck in western Pakistan, an attack claimed by the domestic chapter of the Taliban.

The Independent UK

3 dead as bomber hits Pakistan police protecting polio teams

Officials say a suicide bomber has killed three people and wounded nearly two dozen others in an attack on a truck carrying police officers tasked with protecting polio workers near Quetta

AFP

Pakistan Taliban claim suicide blast killing three

Quetta (Pakistan) (AFP) - Three people were killed and 23 injured Wednesday when a suicide bomber targeted a police truck in western Pakistan, an attack claimed by the domestic chapter of the Taliban.

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Al Jazeera

Three killed as suicide bomb blast hits Pakistan police vehicle

TTP claims responsibility for attack that targeted officers deployed to protect polio vaccination campaign workers.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan FM travels to Kabul, meets Taliban amid border tensions

Hina Rabbani Khar holds talks with her Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi a day after Pakistan Taliban ended truce.

The Independent UK

Pakistan's new army chief takes charge of military

Pakistan’s new military chief has taken command of the country's armed forces

Reuters

Taliban militants in Pakistan end ceasefire with government - spokesman

Taliban militants in Pakistan will no longer abide by a months-long ceasefire with the Pakistani government, a spokesman for the militant group said on Monday.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan Taliban ends ceasefire with gov’t, threatens new attacks

The armed group calls off a truce that started in June and orders fighters to ‘carry out attacks in the entire country’.

AFP

Pakistan Taliban end ceasefire, order nationwide attacks

Islamabad (AFP) - Pakistan's Taliban said Monday they have called off a shaky ceasefire agreed with the government in June and ordered fighters to stage attacks across the country.

AFP

Pakistan Taliban racketeering hits borderlands

Mingora (Pakistan) (AFP) - A lawmaker in Pakistan's rugged northwest was sipping tea with voters when his phone chirped to life -- the Taliban were calling with a demand for "donations".

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