News Source: USA Today
| 9 months ago
Pakistan (AP) A Taliban commander has announced a unilateral cease-fire in a northwestern Pakistan region where the military says it has killed around 1,500 militants in an continuing offensive...It follows the introduction of an already week-old...
News Source: The News
| 9 months ago
Chief Minister Ameer Haidar Khan Hoti on Monday said the process of distribution of payment among the victims of Swat will start soon and funds for this purpose will shortly be released. The process of rehabilitation and development of the victims...
News Source: Jang.com.pk
| 9 months ago
Maulana Sufi Muhammad, while expressing concern over the activities of the militants in Swat after the peace agreement, asked them on Monday to stop their militant actions. Chief Minister Ameer Haidar to visit the Taliban-infested Swat Valley, where...
News Source: Jang.com.pk
| 9 months ago
Pakistani forces fighting Taliban and al Qaeda insurgents expect to have the tribal region of Bajaur in control by mid-March, the general in charge of the campaign told Reuters on Monday. Heavy fighting began in August in Bajaur, described as a...
News Source: Jang.com.pk
| 9 months ago
After months of fierce fighting between militants and security forces, the Taliban militants on Monday announced a unilateral ceasefire and secretly signed a peace accord with the government, pledging to remain peaceful. Following the signing of the...
News Source: Press TV
| 9 months ago
Taliban's commander Maulvi Faqir Mohammad announced the cease-fire, in a radio broadcast on Monday. "We have decided to observe a cease-fire," he said. "I direct all of my fighters to stop armed actions against the government. We will take strict...