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Pakistan Taliban number two, Wali-ur-Rehman, has been killed in a US drone strike, say security officials.
Former president Pervez Musharraf flees a court in Pakistan after it ordered his arrest for detaining senior judges when he imposed emergency rule in 2007.
David Cameron calls for the Taliban to enter talks on the future of Afghanistan, ahead of the withdrawal of British and US troops over the next year.
The US wants Pakistan to do more in its fight against the Taliban in Waziristan. But the Pakistan soldiers maimed in the war on terror might argue they have already given enough. Chris Woods reports.
The bodies of 21 blindfolded men have been discovered executed in Pakistan and another 20 people killed in a car bombing in the latest wave of violence carried out by the Taliban.
The Taliban in Pakistan has vows to avenge the death of the Mumbai terrorist attacker who was executed near Mumbai on Wednesday.
Pakistan agrees to free several Afghan Taliban prisoners, according to officials from both countries.
Tens of thousands of people take to the streets of Karachi in Pakistan in support of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai who was shot and critically injured by the Taliban.
A 14 year old girl shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban is recovering in hospital. Malala Yousafzai campaigned for girls’ rights, making her a Taliban target.
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A 14-year-old Pakistani girl who received international acclaim after campaigning for girls’ education in her home town, has been shot by the Taliban who said she was “promoting Western culture”.
Senior Taliban leaders tell Channel 4 News that talks with the United States have started again in Qatar – intransigence on all sides is blamed for the failure of talks earlier this year.
Foreign Secretary William Hague and his Pakistani counterpart are expected to discuss Afghanistan, terrorism and US drone strikes during talks in London.
Days after reports of tentative negotiations between the US and the Taliban, Channel 4 News learns of a probable deal between the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban to fight under one banner, for one aim.
Senior Pakistani security officials and Taliban sources say four of the seven militants killed in a drone attack on Thursday in north Waziristan’s Shawal valley were British nationals.
Two thousand Pakistanis join a rally against drone attacks, labelled a “global assassination campaign” by thinker Noam Chomsky as security sources say the latest strike has killed 13 militants.