Mullah Fazlullah, the insurgent leader who ordered the assassination of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and was killed earlier this month in a US drone strike
Fazlullah had directed numerous high-profile attacks against the US and Pakistani targets since he was appointed the group's leader in 2013
Ghani had said a ceasefire must be agreed on and the Taliban should be declared a political group
The letter said, US withdrawal would truly deliver American troops from harm's way
The kind of violence the CP(M) are perpetuating in Kerala makes them no different than talibanis
The Taliban have not yet commented on the air strike
Ehsan is a known face of violence in Pakistan as former spokesman of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
Interior ministry spokesman responded by saying Taliban should stop planting bombs instead
Three attackers stormed Parliamentarian Mir Wali's residence on Wednesday evening
According to a Taliban source, no Pakistani official took part in either the October or September meetings
The ban was imposed after a Taliban-engineered attack killed 13 Nepalese and two Indian nationals on June 20
The offensive was launched from different parts of the city on the night of October 2
Independent human rights officials say they have credible evidence to prove Taliban's recruitment activities in the region
Security forces are engaged in a gun battle with the extremists who launched an attack on their vehicle in northern Salang
Taliban named Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, a conservative cleric in his 50s, as its new leader after Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour was killed
This video came to public attention through the Site Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist activity online
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the fighters have taken over the district and seized weapons, ammunition
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the killings
Dozens of armed militants overran the district bazaar, seized government office buildings
An MI-17 transport helicopter was on its way to Russia for maintenance when it crash landed on August 4 in Logar province