Islamabad denied accusations of turning a blind eye to militancy, lambasting the US for ignoring the thousands who have been killed on its soil.
The Taliban has in an open letter accused teenage rights activist Malala Yousafzai of launching a smear campaign against it.
Pakistan’s Taliban have threatened to use suicide bombers and snipers to kill former President Pervez Musharraf when he returns home from exile.
Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud said on Tuesday his group had carried out an assault on a police academy in the city of Lahore.
Pakistani security forces on Saturday launched an offensive against Taliban militants who were threatening the main north-western city of Peshawar.
Pakistani Taliban militants murdered 22 rivals captured this week when they seized a north-western town, a government official said.
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/ 6 February 2008
Pakistani Taliban fighters announced a ceasefire on Wednesday after months of clashes with security forces and suicide attacks across the north-west of the country. But a military spokesperson said that while fighting had died down no truce had been agreed.