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Pakistan: Top intel officer, driver killed in suspected militant attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
•Brig. Mustafa Burki, who had been deeply involved in operations against the Pakistani Taliban in recent years, was killed along with his driver as they traveled in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which borders Afghanistan
Pakistan Taliban kill policemen guarding census team
•Pakistan started a month-long digital census at the beginning of March with security officials deployed alongside more than 120,000 enumerators
Pakistan afraid of TTP, deploys 1,500 armed soldiers to protect Chinese nationals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Sandeep Sharma •A total of 495 terrorist attacks took place in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province last year, a police official said, while emphasizing the significance of police actions to protect foreign nationals and their projects
Taliban 'supporting' TTP, providing safe haven in Afghanistan against 'un-Islamic' Pakistan
Sandeep Sharma •"Amid Pakistan’s economic crisis and the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan, the Pakistani Taliban have reemerged as an increasingly potent threat," read the report by a US think tank
Pakistan to approach Taliban chief Akhundzada, will beg Afghanistan to help control TTP
Ajeyo Basu •Pakistan has sought Afghan Taliban chief Haibuttallah Akhundzada’s help to rein in the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) – also known as the Pakistani Taliban – which has carried out a wave of attacks against the security forces in the country, including the recent suicide blast in a Peshawar mosque
Flood hit Balochistan in severe crisis as Pakistan govt denies funds
Ajeyo Basu •Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo and Finance Minister Zamrak Khan Piralizai have repeatedly complained of discrimination by the Pakistan government and have said that the province has not been receiving its share of 11 billion Pakistani rupees from the National Finance Commission
Pakistan begs before Afghan Taliban, urges action against TTP bases in Afghanistan
Ajeyo Basu •In recent months, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has stepped up attacks against security forces across Pakistan. While most of the attacks have taken place in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, Punjab – the heartland of Pakistan – has also been targeted.
Pakistan court sentences 2 Tehreek-i-Taliban members to 34 years in prison
•The TTP, also known as the Pakistan Taliban, is believed to have close links to the al-Qaeda terror group. Set up as an umbrella group of several militant outfits in 2007, its main aim is to impose its strict brand of Islam across Pakistan
Balochistan unrest unnerves Pakistan, Army chief Munir blames 'external enemies'
Sandeep Sharma •Over the past few months, Pakistan has witnessed several terror attacks, particularly in the Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces
Afghanistan: Afghan Taliban 'fears' ISIS threat from Pakistan
Fp Staff •Taliban and Pakistan’s relationship are now on an edgy path. On one part Taliban felt threatened by Pakistan while on the other side, Islamabad faced severe repercussions for supporting the group