Al Jazeera looks at how security forces are dealing with the constant threat from armed groups in Pakistan's Swat Valley.

Taliban forces are reported to be advancing ... Pakistan Approves Use of Islamic Law in Swat Valley Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday signed a measure imposing Islamic law in the ...

Officials said an improvised explosive device struck a vehicle carrying coal miners in the country’s southwest.

For example, the Pakistani military ran a deradicalization program in the Swat Valley to counter the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. Indonesia's police-run deradicalization approach includes sentence ...

It's worth noting that one of the Muslim leaders participating in the negotiation had previously led a band of men to fight alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan against the U.S.-led coalition. The ...

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. -- Two men were arrested during a SWAT standoff in Spokane Valley on Thursday, according to Spokane County Sheriff's Office. Around 12 p.m. on January 23, marshals from the ...

The Taliban leader has made a rare visit to a university in Afghanistan in his first known trip to a modern education institution.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Afghan Hashmatullah Alam, 40, who worked with U.S. Army, poses at a ...

Security forces in Pakistan acting on intelligence raided a militant hideout in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country’s northwest on Friday, ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday threatened bounties on the heads of Afghanistan's Taliban leaders, sharply escalating the tone as he said more Americans may be detained in the ...