Daud Khattak is a senior editor for RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal.
Several new militant outfits have announced their arrival on the militant scene in Pakistan, claiming responsibility for deadly bombings targeting government forces. Some experts say the groups are fronts for existing armed groups, including the Pakistani Taliban.
After mob violence targeting foreign students engulfed Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Pakistani students told RFE/RL how the angry crowds broke into dormitories to attack them.
For years, cannabis and heroin were the main drugs of choice in Pakistan. Now, an increasing number of Pakistanis are hooked on crystal methamphetamine, which is readily available and relatively cheap. Health professionals have warned that the country is in the midst of a meth epidemic.
Residents of northwestern Pakistan are bracing for a bloody year ahead as the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan intensifies its attacks in the region. The TTP ended a months-long cease-fire in November after more than a year of inconclusive peace talks.
Ten years after gunmen belonging to the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) shot and wounded schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, the extremist group is returning to its former strongholds in northwestern Pakistan. Many in the region fear that history is repeating itself.
The killing of four senior commanders of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan has dealt a significant blow to the militant group and exposed a possible internal rift.
Three senior commanders of the Tehrik-e Taliban (TTP) -- also known as the Pakistani Taliban -- have been killed in a blast in southeastern Afghanistan, dealing a heavy blow to the militant group, sources told RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal on August 7.
There has been a surge in targeted killings in Pakistan’s tribal belt. Residents have blamed the attacks, many of which have targeted activists, religious leaders, and tribal elders, on Pakistan’s powerful army and militants still holed up in the region.
Pakistan has handed over two top commanders of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to the Afghan Taliban, which has been mediating peace talks between the sides, as part of efforts to revive negotiations with the militant group, sources told RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal.
Shahbaz Sharif spent decades in provincial politics, upstaged by his older brother and former premier, Nawaz Sharif. Now, the younger Sharif has entered the national stage as the new prime minister of Pakistan.
As the Taliban consolidates its control over Afghanistan, its military victory is influencing the political dynamics of neighboring Pakistan.
Pakistan is attempting to revive peace talks with the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan militant group, which has intensified its attacks since negotiations broke down in December. Islamabad recently sent a secret delegation to neighboring Afghanistan, where most of the TTP leadership resides.
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.
Pakistan has released 12 members of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan from custody, a source told RFE/RL on December 8, amid ongoing negotiations to reach a peace deal with the Islamist group fighting a guerrilla war in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
The Pakistani Taliban has intensified its insurgency against Islamabad in recent months. But sources say the two sides have been holding secret talks over a cease-fire.
Public anger is rising in Pakistan, where fuel and food prices are soaring. The price hikes have prompted protests, a move that has triggered fears of political upheaval.
Journalists across Pakistan are expressing outrage over a proposed set of regulations they say will further curtail press freedom and bolster powers of the government already seen as imposing censorship to control the media and free speech.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is under fire at home for praising China’s political system, but Beijing and Islamabad’s partnership is set to only deepen.
The speaker of the lower house in the Pakistani parliament has banned seven lawmakers from entering the parliament building after a ruckus in which opposition and ruling party members hurled abuses and books at each other.
Pakistani television reporter Hamid Mir, who was recently banned from hosting his popular talk show, told RFE/RL that he will remain in the South Asian nation despite dangers to his life.
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