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Afghan Taliban Announces Death Of Haqqani Network Founder
The Afghan Taliban have announced the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the head of one of the most potent militant factions operating in Afghanistan, the SITE monitoring group said Tuesday.
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US Suspends At Least $900 Million In Security Aid To Pakistan
The United States said on Thursday it was suspending at least $900 million in security assistance to Pakistan until it takes action against the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network militant groups. The U.S. State Department announced the decision, saying it reflected Trump administration's frustration that Pakistan has not done more against the t...
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Pakistan Needs To Take Decisive Action Against Haqqani Network: US
If Pakistan cannot leverage its influence to stop militants of the Haqqani network from crossing into Afghanistan, it should "take decisive action" against the dreaded terror group which is the greatest threat to US forces in the war-torn nation, two top generals said.
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Taliban Deny Reports of Haqqani Network Founder's Death
The Taliban Saturday denied reports of the death of the founder of Haqqani network, its allied militant group blamed for some of the deadliest attacks in Afghanistan.
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Afghan Intelligence Agency Arrests Haqqani Militants Who Plotted Kabul Guest House Attack
Afghanistan's intelligence agency has arrested a group of militants from the Haqqani network who plotted a terror attack on a guesthouse in Kabul last month. The attack killed 14 people -- four of them were Indians.
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US Welcomes Reports of Pakistani Plan to Ban the Haqqani Network
The United States said on Thursday it welcomed reports that Pakistan was planning to outlaw the Haqqani network and other militant groups linked to violent extremism.
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Suicide Bombers' Training Den in North Waziristan Unearthed
A key facility run by Afghanistan militant group Haqqani network for training the suicide bombers has been unearthed in Pakistan's troubled North Waziristan tribal region, a media report said today.
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UN orders global sanctions against Haqqani network
The UN Security Council on Monday ordered global sanctions against the Haqqani militant group in Afghanistan and its suicide attack mastermind.
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Frustrated US mulls new covert raids in Pakistan
US military and intelligence officials are so frustrated with Pakistan's failure to stop local militant groups from attacking Americans in neighbouring Afghanistan that they have considered launching secret joint US-Afghan commando raids into Pakistan to hunt them down, officials told The Associated Press.
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Afghan official: Haqqanis blamed for Kabul attacks
A militant arrested in the attacks on the Afghan capital and three other cities has confessed that the 18-hour assault was carried out by the Haqqani network, a lethal group of fighters with ties to the Taliban and al-Qaida, a top Afghan security official said Monday. Thirty-six insurgents were killed during the brazen attacks that also claimed th...
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Pak 'safe sanctuaries' causing problems in Afghanistan: US
Doubting Pakistan's "willingness" to go after the militant groups enjoying sanctuary in the country, a top US intelligence official has said these elements have caused major problems for the Afghan and coalition forces working for a "new" Afghanistan.
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Give peace a chance: Gilani tells Clinton
Against the backdrop of growing US pressure to crack down on militant groups like the Haqqani network that operate along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday called on the US to "give peace a chance".
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US missiles kill Haqqani 'coordinator' in Pakistan
American drone-fired missiles killed a ranking member of the militant Haqqani network on Thursday in northwestern Pakistan, striking a group that Washington claims is the top threat in Afghanistan and is supported by Pakistani security forces, local intelligence officials said.
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Evidence ties militant group Haqqani to Pakistan: US
The U.S. ambassador to Islamabad said in remarks broadcast on Saturday that there is evidence linking the Haqqani insurgent network to the Pakistani government, a charge that could raise tensions in an already strained anti-terror alliance between Washington and Islamabad.
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Afghan Taliban Announces Death Of Haqqani Network Founder
The Afghan Taliban have announced the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the head of one of the most potent militant factions operating in Afghanistan, the SITE monitoring group said Tuesday.
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US Suspends At Least $900 Million In Security Aid To Pakistan
The United States said on Thursday it was suspending at least $900 million in security assistance to Pakistan until it takes action against the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network militant groups. The U.S. State Department announced the decision, saying it reflected Trump administration's frustration that Pakistan has not done more against the t...
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Pakistan Needs To Take Decisive Action Against Haqqani Network: US
If Pakistan cannot leverage its influence to stop militants of the Haqqani network from crossing into Afghanistan, it should "take decisive action" against the dreaded terror group which is the greatest threat to US forces in the war-torn nation, two top generals said.
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Taliban Deny Reports of Haqqani Network Founder's Death
The Taliban Saturday denied reports of the death of the founder of Haqqani network, its allied militant group blamed for some of the deadliest attacks in Afghanistan.
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Afghan Intelligence Agency Arrests Haqqani Militants Who Plotted Kabul Guest House Attack
Afghanistan's intelligence agency has arrested a group of militants from the Haqqani network who plotted a terror attack on a guesthouse in Kabul last month. The attack killed 14 people -- four of them were Indians.
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US Welcomes Reports of Pakistani Plan to Ban the Haqqani Network
The United States said on Thursday it welcomed reports that Pakistan was planning to outlaw the Haqqani network and other militant groups linked to violent extremism.
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Suicide Bombers' Training Den in North Waziristan Unearthed
A key facility run by Afghanistan militant group Haqqani network for training the suicide bombers has been unearthed in Pakistan's troubled North Waziristan tribal region, a media report said today.
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UN orders global sanctions against Haqqani network
The UN Security Council on Monday ordered global sanctions against the Haqqani militant group in Afghanistan and its suicide attack mastermind.
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Frustrated US mulls new covert raids in Pakistan
US military and intelligence officials are so frustrated with Pakistan's failure to stop local militant groups from attacking Americans in neighbouring Afghanistan that they have considered launching secret joint US-Afghan commando raids into Pakistan to hunt them down, officials told The Associated Press.
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Afghan official: Haqqanis blamed for Kabul attacks
A militant arrested in the attacks on the Afghan capital and three other cities has confessed that the 18-hour assault was carried out by the Haqqani network, a lethal group of fighters with ties to the Taliban and al-Qaida, a top Afghan security official said Monday. Thirty-six insurgents were killed during the brazen attacks that also claimed th...
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Pak 'safe sanctuaries' causing problems in Afghanistan: US
Doubting Pakistan's "willingness" to go after the militant groups enjoying sanctuary in the country, a top US intelligence official has said these elements have caused major problems for the Afghan and coalition forces working for a "new" Afghanistan.
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Give peace a chance: Gilani tells Clinton
Against the backdrop of growing US pressure to crack down on militant groups like the Haqqani network that operate along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday called on the US to "give peace a chance".
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US missiles kill Haqqani 'coordinator' in Pakistan
American drone-fired missiles killed a ranking member of the militant Haqqani network on Thursday in northwestern Pakistan, striking a group that Washington claims is the top threat in Afghanistan and is supported by Pakistani security forces, local intelligence officials said.
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Evidence ties militant group Haqqani to Pakistan: US
The U.S. ambassador to Islamabad said in remarks broadcast on Saturday that there is evidence linking the Haqqani insurgent network to the Pakistani government, a charge that could raise tensions in an already strained anti-terror alliance between Washington and Islamabad.
