The Taliban launched an attack on a prison in northwest Pakistan freeing about 300 prisoners.
The Dera Ismail Khan jail was housing hundreds of Taliban fighters and militants from banned Islamist groups. Taliban fighters yelling “God is great” and “Long live the Taliban” fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns during the assault. Continue reading
A bombing at a market in northern Pakistan has killed at least 57 people and left more than 150 injured.
A teenage boy yelled “God is great” moments before the second of the two explosions according to witnesses. Continue reading
Gunmen stormed the Pakistan Intelligence Agency headquarters throwing bombs and firing automatic weapons injuring more than 30 people according to local police.
The heavily guarded complex in the southern Sindh province had buildings collapse in the wake of the attack. Police say the offices of the Inter-Services Intelligence Agency were the main targets within the compound. Continue reading
The leader of the Pakistani Taliban has sent a letter to a schoolgirl that the Taliban tried to assassinate in 2012.
Adnan Rasheed doesn’t apologize but says he wishes the attack “had never happened” and that she was not attacked for advocating for girls’ education but because she an ran “an anti-Taliban smear campaign.” Continue reading
After stating that they were targeting foreigners in a Saturday terrorist attack in Afghanistan, the Taliban has announced the unit is now going to focus strictly on killing foreigners.
Pakistan’s cabinet met to discuss the attack and the potential impact on the country’s tourism. The remaining tourists in the area of the attack were evacuated by Pakistani troops following the terrorist attack. Continue reading
The Taliban has stormed a hotel in northern Pakistan killing at least 10 people with 9 of the dead foreign tourists.
Officials wouldn’t release the full list of victims but confirmed that Chinese nationals and Ukrainians are among the dead. Continue reading
Terrorists have landed a victory in Pakistan.
After the Islamic terror group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi killed 14 women in an attack on a bus from all-female Sardar Bahadur Khan University and then killed 11 people when they attacked the hospital where wounded women were being treated, local authorities announced the all-women’s school is closed. Continue reading
Quetta, Pakistan had a day of official mourning after Islamic terrorists killed over 25 people in twin attacks on Saturday. Continue reading
A homicide bomber killed 13 people, 10 of the children, in a terrorist attack near the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.
The terrorist rode up toward a military patrol on a motorcycle and donated his explosive vest. The bomber killed two coalition soldiers and an Afghan policeman along with the children. Continue reading
A U.S. drone strike is suspected to be the cause of death for the Pakistani Taliban’s second-in-command according to the BBC.
A senior Taliban official told the BBC that Waliur Rehman was killed when missiles destroyed a home near Miranshah in the northwest part of the country. The Pakistani Taliban had originally claimed only a local commander was killed but senior sources have contradicted the initial reports. Continue reading