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Pakistani Taliban deny involvement in Boston blasts
A leading Islamist terror group says it was not behind the marathon bombs, as America asks: did the bombers come from home or abroad?
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Pakistani Taliban storm naval base
The Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for a major assault on the headquarters of the naval air force in Karachi that has so far killed at least thirteen officials and injured 14 others.
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Pakistani teenager warned she is on a Taliban hit
Another Pakistani teenager has been warned that she’s on a Taliban hit list because she campaigns for girls’ education. Carl Dinnen reports.
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Imran Khan interview: Former Pakistan PM on elections and how to deal with the Taliban
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan says he’s lucky to be alive – accusing the authorities of trying to kill him.
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Mullah Omar: Taliban leader’s death confirmed
The office of the Afghan president confirms in a statement that the leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Omar, died two years ago.
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At least 19 dead in Pakistan Taliban mosque attack
The Pakistan Taliban claim a suicide attack inside a Shia mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, which has killed 19 people and injured dozens more.
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Taliban threatens more attacks as Peshawar funerals begin
Pakistan lifts its moratorium on the death penalty for terrorists as the funerals of the 141 people killed in the Taliban’s attack on a Peshawar school begin.
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Taliban Peshawar school massacre: 132 children dead
A Taliban attack on a Pakistani school leaves scores of children dead, 121 more injured and several staff killed, according to estimates from the Pakistan army.
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Pakistan Taliban claims Karachi airport attack
Pakistan’s Taliban claims responsibility for the attack on Karachi airport, telling Channel 4 News it is in response to the killing of its chief in a drone attack last year.
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Taliban refuses to confirm Khan Said as new leader
Amid reports that Khan Said will replace Hakimullah Mehsud as leader of the Pakistan Taliban, Taliban sources tell Channel 4 News discussions are still underway, signalling disagreement at the top.
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Drone strike ‘kills’ Pakistan Taliban leader Mehsud
Channel 4 News understands that a US drone strike in Pakistan has killed two senior members of the Taliban. There are also strong indications that Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is among the dead.
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Pakistan releases top-ranking Afghan Taliban prisoner
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, co-founder of the Afghan Taliban, is released from prison in Pakistan as a part of a deal aimed at securing peace in the region.
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Top Taliban leaders escape in huge Pakistan jailbreak
Taliban fighters armed with bombs and grenades attack a Pakistani jail to free 250 prisoners, including 30 “top militants” and six inmates who were on death row.
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Exclusive: ‘Dear Malala… from the Taliban’
Channel 4 News sees a copy of a letter sent to Malala Yousafzai from a senior Taliban commander berating her “smear campaign” against them – but expressing some remorse about the attack.
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Suspicion falls on Taliban over deadly Pakistan bomb attack
At least 15 people, including three children, are killed in a bomb attack on a security convoy as it passed through a market area in Peshawar, Pakistan.