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4 senior TTP commanders killed in Afghanistan

Dec 3, 2024 | tribune.com.pk | Shahabullah Yousafzai

KABUL: Four senior commanders of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan terrorist umbrella organization, including Malakand Division Naib Ameer Rahimullah, aka Shahid Umer Bajauri, were killed in the Kunar province of Afghanistan on Tuesday. Sources told The Express Tribune that the four were invited to a feast in the area, and to hold meetings with local TTP personnel. However, they were ambushed at the mentioned location.
Gandapur tasked to defang Khyber jirga

Oct 10, 2024 | tribune.com.pk | Shahabullah Yousafzai

PESHAWAR:The federal and provincial governments, in their bid to put an end to the unrest and uncertainty in Khyber district, have agreed to trust K-P Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to spearhead talks with the now proscribed Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). As per the latest reports, Gandapur arrived in Khyber district to hold negotiations, during which the PTM presented further demands.
Militant group confirms killing of top commander

Jul 30, 2024 | tribune.com.pk | Shahabullah Yousafzai

PESHAWAR:The Jumbish e Umeri, a known militant group affiliated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has confirmed that its top commander has been killed in a security forces operation in the North Waziristan tribal district last week. A spokesperson for the group, Zarar Dawar, made the confirmation in a statement shared with the media. It said that Commander Abdul Razzaq Saddam was killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, on July 27.
Rising terror, broken trust

Jun 29, 2024 | tribune.com.pk | Naveed Hussain |Shahabullah Yousafzai

By Naveed Hussain/Shahabullah Yousafzai |PUBLISHEDJune 30, 2024KARACHI/PESHAWAR:Pakistan’s romance with the Afghan Taliban was bound to turn sour. But it would be this soon, nobody had anticipated. The two sides are drifting away from each other as their relationship has hit the rock bottom over the past few months. At the root of this estrangement lies the Taliban’s reluctance to address Pakistan’s security concerns.
CTD confirms TTP’s hand behind Besham terror attack

Apr 1, 2024 | tribune.com.pk | Shahabullah Yousafzai

PESHAWAR:The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) confirmed on Monday that the terror attack in Besham, which killed five Chinese nationals, was backed by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The report submitted by the CTD stated that the authorities had nabbed the main facilitator who brought the suicide bomber from Afghanistan. It added that the explosives-laden vehicle was brought through Chaman to DaraZinda town in Dera Ismail Khan district for Rs0.25 million.
Afghan Taliban nudge TTP on talks with Islamabad

Mar 3, 2024 | tribune.com.pk | Shahabullah Yousafzai

PESHAWAR:The two main factions of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan – the Haqqani and Kandahari groups – have directed the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to engage in discussions with Islamabad to de-escalate tensions between the neighbouring capitals. Meanwhile, Pakistan has once again leveraged the influence of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami (JUI-S) leadership to bring the TTP to the negotiation table.
Is TTP being blamed for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar attacks?

Feb 1, 2024 | tribune.com.pk | Shahabullah Yousafzai

ISLAMABAD:The differences between terrorist outfit Tehreeke-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its breakaway faction, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), have become more apparent as the latter announced that it would step up attacks on Pakistani soil as well as its forces despite the former’s ‘undeclared ceasefire’. There have been at least 27 terrorist attacks in Pakistan, mainly in its Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, especially in its restive southern region in the first month of 2024.
Pak-Afghan border at Torkham set to reopen

Jan 22, 2024 | tribune.com.pk | Shahabullah Yousafzai

KABUL:The Pak-Afghan border at Torkham is set to reopen with relaxed travel document requirements starting Tuesday (today) until March 31, 2024. This decision comes after a delegation of Afghan transporters and Chamber of Commerce representatives met with Pakistani trade officials at the embassy in Kabul and requested the reopening of the Torkham border for the second time in as many days.
Fazl pledges to revive govt-TTP talks

Jan 11, 2024 | tribune.com.pk | Shahabullah Yousafzai

KABUL:JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday met with Afghanistan’s supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada in Kabul wherein it was assured that the next elections in Pakistan would be held peacefully and efforts would be made for the resumption of Islamabad’s talks with the banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The Kunar River rift

Jan 7, 2024 | tribune.com.pk | Shahabullah Yousafzai

PESHAWAR:With Pakistan’s relations with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers already tense over their inaction against terror havens, the latter may be about to kick another potential hornets’ nest. The Emirate-e-Islami Afghanistan’s plan to begin building water reservoirs along the Kunar River in the province of the same name following the Qosh Tepa Canal's completion has sparked fresh worries in Islamabad.