US has designated Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). TTP has also been designated TTP as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under E.O. 13224. Two senior TTP terrorists, Hakimullah Mehsud and Wali Ur Rehman, have been Specially Designated Global Terrorists under [...]

A Spanish Ministry of Defence says that 25 insurgents have handed over their weapons at Qala-i-Naw airfield. This happened due to reintegration process. The process was headed by Afghan intelligence services in collaboration with the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The Taliban insurgent group operated in the Muqur zone [...]