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TTP terror in Pakistan: How Islamabad is only reaping what it sowed

To suppress its failures in controlling terrorist groups, Pakistan had to blame someone, which then was India. It is failing again and shifting the blame onto Afghanistan

US slams Pakistan court for overturning death sentence of convict in Daniel Pearl murder case, calls it 'affront' to victims of terror

The US on Friday criticised a Pakistani court for overturning the death sentence of British-born top al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted in the abduction and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl.

Daniel Pearl killing: Pakistani court overturns death sentence of prime accused Ahmed Omar Sheikh, acquits three others

Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating a story on the alleged links between the country's powerful spy agency ISI and al-Qaeda. Sheikh was arrested from Lahore in February 2002 and sentenced to death five months later by an anti-terrorism court.

Key Pakistan Taliban commander Qari Saifullah Mehsud killed in Afghanistan, says report; Haqqani Network allegedly responsible

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Qari Saifullah Mehsud has been shot dead by gunmen in Afghanistan, the group confirmed on Sunday

Daniel Pearl killing: Two Pakistan Taliban militants arrested by counter-terrorism officials from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pearl, who was the South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and later beheaded by terrorists in Pakistan.

Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent 'ideologically inclined' to carry out attacks in India, reveals UN report

Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), the terror group's newest affiliate, is "ideologically inclined" to carry out attacks inside India but its capability is believed to be low and is relatively isolated owing to increased security measures in the region, according to a UN report.

Two top Taliban commanders killed by Pakistani security forces in raid near Pakistan's Afghanistan border

Two top commanders of the Taliban were killed by Pakistani security forces during a raid in the country's restive northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

Pakistan: Taliban suicide bomber attacks paramilitary forces convoy in Peshawar; two killed, ten injured

A suicide bomber from the Pakistani Taliban militant group on Monday hit a vehicle carrying paramilitary force members, killing two and injuring ten others.

UN Security Council sanctions Pakistani Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar

The UN Security Council has sanctioned a splinter group of the Pakistan Taliban, subjecting it to assets freeze and an arms embargo.

Pakistan bombings: 42 killed, 121 injured in triple blasts in Parachinar, Quetta; Balochistan govt blames India

Twin blasts tore through a market crowded with Eid shoppers in the minority Shia-dominated Parachinar tribal area and a suicide attacker blew up his explosives-laden car in Quetta