A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer ...

In radio broadcasts and sermons, Taliban militants have been promoting themselves as Islamic Robin Hoods, defending Pakistan's rural poor from a ruling elite that they describe as corrupt and ...

A suspected drone strike on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan killed five to seven people Thursday, intelligence sources said. The attack took place about 18 km (11 miles) west of Wana in South ...

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