20th February, 2011
Taliban claim they shot dead Col Imam
PESHAWAR: The Pakistani Taliban claimed on Saturday they had shot dead a retired intelligence official who once mentored their Afghan brethren and sided with the…
20th January, 2011
Report about Omar’s surgery in Karachi denied
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani said on Wednesday the report that Taliban leader Mullah Omar had a heart surgery in Pakistan had…
19th January, 2011
Taliban chief Mullah Omar treated in Pakistan: report
WASHINGTON: The reclusive one-eyed chief of the Afghan Taliban Mullah Mohammed Omar was treated for a heart attack in Pakistan with the help of its…
11th December, 2010
Blast wounds six near police HQ in Kandahar
KANDAHAR: A powerful explosion wounded six people on Saturday outside police headquarters in Kandahar city, one of the focal points of the fight against the…
23rd November, 2010
Top Taliban negotiator in talks an impostor: NYT
WASHINGTON: A man claiming to be a leading Taliban negotiator in secret talks with Afghan officials was actually faking, The New York Times reported Tuesday…
15th November, 2010
Taliban leader says peace talks are ‘misleading rumours’
KABUL: Taliban leader Mullah Omar said in a statement Monday that reports of peace talks between militants and the Afghan government were “misleading rumours” and…
6th November, 2010
Afghan Taliban threaten to kill anyone talking peace
KABUL: Scribbled notes from Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar have surfaced in mosques all over Afghanistan’s Pakhtun heartland, threatening death to anyone who takes up…
16th September, 2010
Hekmatyar speaks
POLITICAL posturing is what the latest statements by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the Hizb-i-Islami, can be attributed to. The Afghan warlord, once a favourite of
15th September, 2010
Mullah Omar is in Pakistan: French minister
PARIS, Sept 14: Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar is based in Pakistan and everyone knows this, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Tuesday, calling…
10th September, 2010
Hamid Karzai calls on Mullah Omar to join peace talks
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai Friday called on Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar to stop fighting and join peace talks aimed at ending the long…