Pak Alienating Neighbors, World Powers (March 12, 2007)
Despite signs of souring relations with Tehran and strained relations with Washington, Pakistan has asserted that it will not allow its territory to be used by the U.S. for anti-Iran operations.<More>

Suicide Attempt on Cheney (February 27, 2007)
A Taliban suicide bomber failed in his attempt to assassinate visiting U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney in Afghanistan after bad weather forced him to stay back in a military base after he concluded discussions on the threat of al Qaeda and the Taliban.<More>

Cheney in Surprise Pak Visit (February 26, 2007)
In a surprise move, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney visited Pakistan on his way to Kabul carrying a message from President George Bush that Islamabad will lose its financial aid if it cannot manage its border with Afghanistan.<More>

Drug Control in Afghan (February 26, 2007)
The Afghanistan Government has launched a renewed eradication campaign, particularly in Halmand Province which accounted for 40 per cent of 2006's opium yield of 6,725 tons, to stem an estimated USD 3 billion economic activity.<More>

US Anti-Proliferation US Law (January 30 , 2007)
The Democrat controlled US Congress passed a new law that will require the US President to take “punitive action” against nations with dubious proliferation records or those that cooperate with those that proliferate.<More>

US Plans Large Afghan Package (January 29, 2007)
The US President George Bush is reportedly seeking Congressional approval for another USD 7-8 billion for security, reconstruction, and counter-offensive operations including training and policing operations against a resurgent Taliban.<More>

US Accuses Pak of Harboring Taliban (January 17, 2007)
NATO troops claimed to have killed 150 ill-equipped and ill-trained insurgent recruits sent to fight by Jalaluddin Haqqani whom senior US officials lives in Pakistan even as there is a surge of Taliban fighters crossing the border to fight coalition troops.<More>

Mush Wants Support to Fight Terror (January 09, 2007)
State-run television reported that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has called his nation to support his policy stopping militants from using the nation as recruitment ground for suicide members to be used by terrorist groups for attacks world-over.<More>

Talks with Afghan Taliban (December 23, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reportedly ready for talks with the Taliban operating in his country hopeful of including them in governance but not the Pakistani counterpart but only if they terminate links with Pakistan as that nation is trying to “enslave” Afghanistan.<More>

Taliban Is a Virtual Mini State in Pak  (December 14, 2006)
Finally, Western media has woken up to the dangers of the peace pact between Pakistan and the local Taliban in the North West Frontier Province and the New York Times (NYT) reported about a resurgent Taliban supporting Indian concern for this development.<More>

US Upset with UK Taliban Truce (November 21, 2006)
The US seems to have expressed “unease” with the reported truce negotiated by the British military in Afghanistan with tribal elders representing the Taliban followed by a withdrawal of British troops at Musa Qala and restoration of the captured to local militia.<More>

“Pakistani Taliban” Claims Responsibility (November 10, 2006)
The Pakistani Taliban with whom Pakistan had signed a peace agreement owned up to carrying out the suicide attack on an army camp in North West Frontier Province in response to the airborne attack on a Madrasa in the neighboring Bajur tribal district.<More>

Afghan Violence Continues (October 24, 2006)
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said that its soldiers returned fire and killed 15 insurgents in the southern Zabul province of Afghanistan but conceded that 2 of their vehicles were damaged in the conflict but suffered no casualties.<More>

Multi-Faceted Trouble for Pakistan (October 09, 2006)
As rumors of a coup continues to be fuelled by weapons discoveries around President Pervez Musharraf’s office, a grand Jirga of 95 Baloach tribal chiefs met and decided to move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on their status.<More>

India Worried About Taliban Resurgence (September 12, 2006)
India is increasingly worried about conventional offensive well-orchestrated operations of a resurgent Taliban and their hold on the fight till broken with air raids and analysts say that these tactics bring back memories of their ascendance in early 1990s.<More>

Pak-Taliban Peace Pact (September 08, 2006)
Pakistan announced that it had arranged a peace pact with the Taliban is seen by many as an admission by the Pakistan Army of its inability to control the region by brute force methods it employs against opponents and having lost hundreds of soldiers.<More>

Scores of Taliban Terrorists Killed (August 21, 2006)
Afghani officials say that their forces assisted by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) aircraft and artillery killed 71 Taliban terrorists in Southern Afghanistan where there is a resurgence of Taliban activity and bloodiest clashes since their ouster in 2001<More>

NATO Set to Take Over Afghan Security (August 01, 2006)
In its most ambitious mission in Asia, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has taken control of security operations in insurgency-ridden southern Afghanistan to stop the Taliban with new tactics and approach.< More>

Coalition Forces Kill 70 militants (July 12, 2006)
Coalition forces in Afghanistan followed an air-raid on a terrorist hideout which killed 40 Taliban terrorists with a land raid on a different hideout killing another 30 terrorists in the volatile Halmand province in Southern Afghanistan but the claim is unverifiable.<More>

Large Operation Kills 150 Taliban (June 28, 2006)
Afghan and coalition forces launched Operation Mountain Thrust, a major anti-Taliban operation 2 weeks ago, killing 149, wounding 32, and capturing terrorists described by Afghanistan as “enemies of peace and safety of our people.”<More>

Taliban Offers Truce to Pak (June 26, 2006)
A rebel 'commander' of the new Pakistani Taliban running wild in Pakistan offered truce to allow elders to broker a settlement after months of fierce fighting "as the government wants to set up a tribal jirga (council of elders) here.”<More>

US Claims Self-Defense in Afghanistan (June 01, 2006)
US Army claimed that its troops opened fire in self-defense on the worst ever anti-American riot after being shot at by the crowd and was unable to pin down the actual casualty numbers.<More>

50 Taliban Dead, Riots against US (May 30, 2006)
US Planes bombed a mosque in Halmand in Southern Afghanistan killing 50 Taliban terrorists including several unspecified Taliban leaders; the Taliban has not responded to this claim.<More>

Afghan Taliban Attack Leaves 105 Dead (May 19, 2006)
Afghanistan saw the worst militant attack since 2001 with a large Taliban force attacked Government forces in a small town in Halmand province leaving over 105 dead of which 40 were militants.<More>

ITBP Protects BRO in Afghanistan (April 6, 2006)
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will provide the Army’s Border Roads Organization (BRO) security from Taliban and al Qaeda while they construct the crucial road linking Zalranj to Delaram to link Iran with Afghanistan.<More>

Coalition Force Inflicts Damage on Taliban (March 31, 2006)
A strong Taliban force attacked a coalition base in Halmand province of Afghanistan shortly after midnight using mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, and small arms. <More>

New Taliban Threatens to Consume Pak (March 29, 2006)
The Pakistani establishment is increasingly nervous about the rise of a group calling itself the "Pakistani Taliban" and reports say that they rule large swathes of tribal land in Waziristan.<More>

Troops Kills 15 Taliban Terrorists (March 23, 2006)
Afghanistan said its troops killed 15 Taliban terrorists looking to crossover from Pakistan. <More>

Suicide Bomber Kills 13 in Kandahar (February 10, 2006)
A lone suicide Taliban terrorist exploded a bomb outside the police headquarters in Kandahar, killing 13 people and injuring 14 others.<More>

Taliban Riot in Afghan Jail (February 27, 2006)
About 1,300 Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners, protesting against a uniform regime separating political and criminal prisoners, rioted in Afghanistan taking over the control block of the main jail at Pul-e-Charkhi.<More>

16 Taliban Terrorists Killed (February 06, 2006)
About 200 Taliban terrorists attacked an Afghan police convoy killing three policemen in Southern Helmand province. <More>

Afghanistan Accuses Pak of Support to Taliban (January 20, 2006)
Afghanistan has once again accused Pakistan of providing shelter, training, funds, and material to Taliban and al Qaeda suicide bombers to sabotage progress.<More>

Taliban Burns Co-Ed School (January 10, 2006)
Suspected Taliban gunmen burnt down a co-ed school in Khandahar. This attack preceded by several others are forcing the closure of many schools.<More>