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Saturday, October 25, 2025
TopicTehreek-e-Taliban

Topic: Tehreek-e-Taliban

Pakistani major linked to 2019 capture of Abhinandan Varthaman killed in clash with TTP militants

New Delhi: Major Syed Moiz Abbas Shah, a Pakistani Army officer previously involved in the 2019 capture of Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander...

Pakistan to not support Afghan Taliban after it fails to neutralise TTP terror group, says media

The implication of Pakistan’s apparent shift in its policy is that the chances of Afghan Taliban govt getting international recognition have become far slimmer than ever.

Talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban won’t create jihadist mini-state, Pakistan Army tells House panel

As part of peace negotiations, TTP is demanding the right to retain weapons, maintain its military organisation, and for territories it controls to regain wide-ranging autonomy.

Pakistani State won’t collapse. Choice is between civil war and short-term rise in violence

Islamabad's new national security doctrine, calling for peace and trade, is good news for neighbours like India. But it doesn't address a critical question.

Pakistan Taliban ex-spokesperson who fled says ISI forced him to lie about India ‘terror funding’

Ehsanullah Ehsan, co-founder of Jama’at-ul-Ahrar, was claimed to have surrendered’ to Pakistan military in 2017 and fled in 2020. In a blog, he says ISI offered him ‘millions’ to return.

Pakistani Taliban ends month-long ceasefire agreement with Imran Khan govt

The banned group in a statement Thursday accused Pakistan govt of failing to honour the decisions it agreed upon which led to the ceasefire pact, including release of their fighters.

Pakistan blames India for Quetta blast, but experts see no impact on efforts to ease tensions

Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed blamed India for the Quetta hotel blast Wednesday, which has been claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

350 Nawaz Sharif supporters arrested ahead of former PM’s arrival for arrest

Imran Khan has promised to protect minorities, and seventh-century Buddha statue in Swat restored.

PML(N) and PPP allege ‘pre-poll rigging’ by Pakistan army

TTP claims responsibility for blast that killed 20 and journalist suspended for ‘asking Imran Khan to be investigated’.

Cops high-risk targets as violence spirals in Pakistan

Three policemen killed this month, top officer says cops are easy targets since they live in civilian areas and are the first line of defence.

On Camera

The Press is not artillery — neither for the ruling party nor the Opposition: Sachin Sen

The Press in a liberal democracy has to be a forum for the expression of different points of view. It must not suppress, taint or adulterate news, wrote Sachin Sen in 1960.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.