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'Are you with us or with TTP', Pakistan to ask Taliban
While the civil and military leadership decided to deal with the TTP and other terror outfits with iron hands, the Afghan Taliban would be asked to cooperate in this endeavour, they said, adding that the Afghan Taliban would be given one choice -- "either you are with Pakistan or with the TTP", Express Tribune reported.
Pakistan Taliban issues threat to Shehbaz Sharif, Bilawal Bhutto
A statement issued by the TTP said that "if these two parties remain firm on their position and continue to be slaves of the army, action will be taken against their leading people", The Express Tribune reported. "People should avoid getting close to such leading people," added the statement.
Pakistan Taliban's offensive from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa now reaches Islamabad
Shortly after the car bombing, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Pakistan Taliban, issued a detailed statement claiming responsibility for the suicide attack. The statement claimed that the bombing was carried out by Maulana Khabib to avenge Omar Khalid Khorasani's killing. The group threatened more attacks in the future.
UN calls for restoration of university rights for Afghan women
"It is as short-sighted as it is appalling," she said. Bahous called on the Taliban-run administration to immediately restore the full rights of women and girls, which include the right to education, as well as to work and to participate in public life, reports Xinhua news agency.
Banned TTP is Pakistan's redline, Bilawal Bhutto tells Taliban
Speaking to the media at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington, Bilawal said: "We will not ignore if we found out that Taliban are not stopping TTP." The rising number of terror incidents has put the security apparatus in the country on alert as the Bannu hostage crisis sent shockwaves across the country.
Taliban suspends university education for Afghan women
A letter issued by the regime's Education Ministry on Tuesday said the decision, which will further restrict women's access to formal education, was taken at a cabinet meeting and the order will go into effect immediately, reports CNN.Meanwhile, the Minister for Higher Education said that the suspension will remain until further notice.
No breakthrough in talks between Pak govt and militants who took over counter-terrorism centre
The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident. In a statement, a spokesperson for the militant group said that its members had taken CTD staff and security officials as hostage. He added that the militants -- in a previous video statement -- had demanded safe passage but "mistakenly mentioned Afghanistan", Dawn reported.
Taliban hints at involvement of a foreign hand behind attack on Pakistan embassy in Kabul
Mujahid said that during the investigation, they learned that the planning of the attack was jointly carried out by IS and another militant group. He also hinted at involvement of a foreign hand in it which aimed at ruining relations between two Islamic neighbouring countries, Samaa TV reported.
Afghans marrying off young daughters to avoid forced marriages with Taliban
Marrying their girls off also provides some sense of security: fewer mouths to feed at a time when Afghan girls have been banned from attending school and face harassment as the country deals with a humanitarian crisis and economic ruin, said the RFE/RL report.
Taliban condemn UN official's 'disrespectful' statement about Islamic penal code
A day earlier, the spokesperson of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights and representatives of Western Countries had called the punishment of flogging an "inhumane and cruel act". Mujahid said that this remark on the implementation of the penal code of Islam was "disrespect to the Holy religion of Islam and against the international standards", The Express Tribune reported.
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