Pakistani Christians have long protested the lack of government protection from terrorist attacks and random, unsubstantiated accusations of blasphemy. Sunday’s Taliban attack on two Christian churches in Lahore resulted in the death of at least 14 people, with many dozens wounded. Again, a lack of police presence seems to be a contributing factor in the violence.
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A Pakistani branch of the Taliban has claimed responsibility for bombings outside two churches in Lahore Sunday morning. According to local media, the blasts killed 14 people and wounded more than 70.
Guilty pleas were entered in Miami today from two Pakistani-born brothers, described as naturalized U.S. citizens, accused of plotting to carry out a “lone wolf” jihad bombing in New York City in 2012.
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Pakistanis must provide their fingerprints for a database in order to purchase a new cell phone, pursuant to a new anti-terror law meant to keep track of conversations between potential jihadists. The consumer must comply or will lose the phone account on April 15.
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(Reuters) – Senior Pakistani army, Afghan and diplomatic officials said on Thursday the Afghan Taliban had signalled they were willing to open peace talks with Kabul.
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Terrorists reportedly bombed a government school for girls in one of Pakistan’s restive Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along the Afghanistan border.
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Four years into the great experiment of American withdrawal and cowardice, the Middle East has been transformed.
The Islamic State jihadist group announced that it has established a province in Khorasan, a historic name for a region that covers Afghanistan, Pakistan, parts of India, and other surrounding countries.
The Pajhwok Afghan News reported the Taliban captured Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) leader Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadim along with 45 supporters. The United States detained Khadim at Guantanamo Bay, but released him to Afghanistan in 2007.
The Islamic State commander in Pakistan allegedly confessed to having received funds routed through the United States to operate the jihadist organization and recruit militants to fight in Syria.
Over 30,000 people descended upon Karachi, Pakistan, to protest against the Mohammed cartoons published in Charlie Hebdo. It was the country’s largest rally against the satirical newspaper, where two gunmen slaughtered twelve people on January 7.
On Sunday, jihadists attacked a main power line in Pakistani Balochistan’s Naseerabad district. As a result, 140 million Pakistanis were left in the dark and two nuclear power plants were knocked off line.
Thousands gathered in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday to protest the latest issue of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
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As protests spread across Pakistan, a rally in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi turned into a violent clash with police. In the chaos, a photographer working for Agence France-Presse was shot.
Religious conservatives in Pakistan have criticised the new wife of opposition leader and former cricket player Imran Khan after footage emerged of her cooking and selling pork sausages, the Times reports. Reham Kahn, a Muslim who worked as a television
An Imam in Peshawar, Pakistan hosted a parade on Tuesday to honor the two Al Qaeda-linked brothers who were responsible for carrying out the jihadi retribution killings of twelve at the offices of Charlie Hebdo.
On Saturday, assorted jihadist Twitter and YouTube accounts released a video with Pakistani Taliban members pledging allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS). To prove their loyalty, the men beheaded a man they claim was a Pakistani soldier.
Criticism is mounting against French officials for not doing more to prevent Wednesday’s terrorist attack by means of closer surveillance of the two brothers who carried out the attack.
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For the first time, Cameroon’s air force conducted air strikes in support of the army against Boko Haram positions in northern Cameroon, forcing the terrorists to retreat.
TURBAT, Pakistan—Something fell out of the sky near Arif Saleem’s home at 5:20 a.m. on Nov. 25, 2013. He scrambled outside to find a 25-foot-wide crater just beyond the mud wall surrounding his family compound. The strike was one of three, in quick succession, that morning in the village of Kulahu, in Pakistani Baluchistan, 45 miles east of the Iran border. One of the blasts damaged the local mosque. Pages from the Quran fluttered in the air before landing gently on the rubble.
There’s a frequently heard complaint that while the mainstream media frequently report on jihadist attacks, they seem to ignore the attacks on Christians.
The man accused of masterminding the Pakistani blood bath in which 132 children were murdered has been killed, according to Army sources. Senior Taliban commander Saddam Jan was shot on Christmas Day in a notorious tribal region between Pakistan and
Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world crowded into the little town of Bethlehem in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. Manger Square was decked out in white and yellow lights and a carnival atmosphere, at a time when there are a multitude of things to be sad about.
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The head of Pakistan’s military called for the hanging of “more than 3,000 terrorists” in 48 hours, The Times of India reports. According to the article, Gen. Raheel Sharif wrote on his Twitter account, “Asked [Prime Minister] Nawaz Sharif to hang
The Pakistani Army claims they killed at least 77 Taliban members, just days after the terrorist group murdered over 130 children at a military school in Peshawar. These attacks occurred late Thursday night into Friday. The army killed 32 jihadists in
