Protests over the killing of 11 Shi’ite Hazara minority coal miners by Islamic State militants on Sunday have spread to other cities in Pakistan, including the economic powerhouse of Karachi.

Pakistan’s counter-terrorism police and the country’s intelligence agency raided hideouts of an outlawed Shiite militant group in the eastern Punjab province and arrested seven suspects who allegedly wanted to attack leaders of rival Sunni Muslims’ groups, a spokesman said Thursday.

Attacks in Afghanistan left at least 23 civilians and security forces dead, officials said Thursday, even as Afghan negotiators were in Qatar to resume talks with the Taliban aimed at finding an end to decades of conflict.

Pakistan’s decision to join the global war on terrorism (GWOT) was the result of geostrategic imperatives and the international community’s call. Although the international community has always calculated Pakistan’s counterterrorism role through the Afghanistan angle, they have failed to recognize the deterioration of Pakistan’s internal security and economic conditions due to the GWOT. Pakistan’s interior security had begun to break […]

The Ministry of Interior says there are so many madrassas that are not registered. The Ministry of Interior Affairs says the government plans to take control of a network of over 5,000 madrassas as part of a drive to mainstream religious schools by putting them under the control of the state.

A Kandahar security official says the Taliban has been “heavily defeated” in Kandahar. The Taliban attacks on various parts of Kandahar over the last few weeks that were aimed at overrunning the center of its districts have been pushed back and the group has suffered heavy casualties, a senior security official in the province said.

Gen. Haibatullah Alizai was appointed as commander of the Special Operations Corps, replacing Gen. Farid Ahmadi. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has appointed new commanders for at least three Army corps as part of the government’s reforms agenda in the security sector and preparations for the fight against militants, officials said on Friday.

Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Yousuf Rashid, CEO of Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA), the Ministry of Interior confirmed Saturday.

Taliban militants stormed a military base in the Darqad district of Takhar province late Friday night, killing four soldiers, sources confirmed.