Pakistan's interior minister has confirmed that a January 17 shoot-out in the capital in which a police officer was killed was a terrorist attack.
British counterterrorism agents are coordinating with U.S. authorities after a hostage taker later identified as a U.K. citizen was shot dead following an hours-long standoff at a synagogue in Texas in what U.S. President Joe Biden called "an act of terror."
This week’s Gandhara Briefing brings you insights on increasing TTP attacks in Pakistan, the Taliban’s relations with Central Asian neighbors, and why former Afghan prosecutors fear for their lives.
The Pakistani Taliban has confirmed the killing of its former spokesman who was once among the central leaders of the outlawed group.
The Taliban’s military takeover of Afghanistan has galvanized and strengthened the Pakistani Taliban, an ideological ally that has intensified its insurgency against Islamabad in recent months.
The banned Islamist group Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) says it is investigating the killing of its former spokesman, who was previously among the central leaders of the group.
Pakistani rescuers were working to clear routes to a snow-bound resort town sheltering thousands of tourists on January 9, a day after 22 people died in vehicles trapped by heavy snow.
Authorities in northwest Pakistan say an officer from one of the country's paramilitary security forces has committed suicide after shooting dead at least other Pakistani soldiers near the border with Afghanistan on January 9.
At least 21 people have died of hypothermia in Pakistan, including nine children, after they were stranded by heavy snowfall near a mountain resort town.
This week's Gandhara Briefing brings you insights on Afghan opposition to the Taliban’s religious policing, what's behind the border clash between the Taliban and Turkmenistan, and Pakistani university students who are volunteering to educate child laborers.
A group of university students have started giving free evening lessons to poor working children in a park in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. Members of the organization called Each One, Teach One say they educate children who must work to feed their families instead of attending schools.
Pakistan is set to start administering booster shots to fully vaccinated people aged over 30 years after the country reported more than 700 COVID-19 cases in a single day, its highest tally in two months.
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