Almost 8,500 terrorist attacks took place in 2019, killing more than 20,300 people – some 5,460 were known perpetrators and 14,840 were victims, according to a report released this week by the University of Maryland’s National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) as part of its Global Terrorism Database (GTD).
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Afghanistan to release prisoners from Taliban list in push for talks
Afghanistan is to release more Taliban prisoners in the hope of getting peace talks going, a government spokesman said on Thursday, after the insurgent group provided the government with a revised list of several hundred of their detainees.
Read more ›Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills Three as Violence Rises Despite Peace Push
A Taliban suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed military vehicle on the approach to the provincial governor’s residence and police headquarters in the Afghan province of Kandahar on Wednesday, killing at least three people, authorities said.
Read more ›Terrorist involved in attack on Karachi police arrested by CTD
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Sindh police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a wanted criminal during a raid here in Karachi.
Read more ›Taliban attempts to cover up images posted by an Uzbek jihadist group in Afghanistan
The Taliban, which has consistently lied about the presence of foreign fighters in Afghanistan, was not happy with our coverage.
Read more ›China achieving its Military Objectives in Ladak de-escalates tension
As news reports are coming that China is disengaging its forces from the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the words of former National Security Advisor Shivsankar Menon comes as a handy quote. The former Ambassador to China says; China moves two steps forward and then takes one step backward, having a net gain of one step, each time it withdraws […]
Read more ›Taliban again denies Al Qaeda is in Afghanistan
In an effort to keep up the facade of a ‘peace’ deal with the U.S. government, the Taliban has yet again denied that Al Qaeda has a presence in Afghanistan. This time, the group refuted a Department of Defense report that Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) cooperates with the Taliban by claiming AQIS isn’t inside the country.
Read more ›Taliban violence poses ‘serious challenges’ to peace: Ghani
Afghan president blames the Taliban for killings in recent weeks as his administration prepares for intra-Afghan talks.
Read more ›Suicide Bombing, Attack in 4 Afghanistan Kill 7 Police
A suicide car bomber targeted an Afghan police convoy in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday morning, killing four officers, including a police commander, a local official said. Three other officers were killed in an attack in the country’s south.
Read more ›Taliban again denies Al Qaeda is in Afghanistan
In an effort to keep up the facade of a ‘peace’ deal with the U.S. government, the Taliban has yet again denied that Al Qaeda has a presence in Afghanistan. This time, the group refuted a Department of Defense report that Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) cooperates with the Taliban by claiming AQIS isn’t inside the country.
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