PESHAWAR, Pakistan, March 20 (UPI) -- The release of 20 jailed Taliban militants was carried out to improve the ongoing peace process in Pakistan's Swat valley, authorities said Friday.
TIMAGERA, Pakistan, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A Taliban spokesman says the Islamic militant group is instituting a cease-fire against Pakistani troops in the northwestern Swat Valley region.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Pakistani and Afghan tribal and political leaders say they'll seek peace talks with Taliban insurgents in a bid to reduce violence along their common border.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- The Taliban and the Afghanistan government have been involved in secret peace talks to bring an end to the conflict, The Observer reported Sunday.
MINGORA, Pakistan, June 30 (UPI) -- A Taliban leader says talks between the militant group and the Pakistan government were suspended Monday after a bomb killed six in the country's northwest.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, June 28 (UPI) -- Pakistan officials said they shelled Taliban positions outside Peshawar Saturday in response to the militants' increasing forays into the city's outskirts.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- South Korean and Taliban officials reportedly have ended five days of telephone talks for a direct dialogue regarding 19 Korean hostages in Afghanistan.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says he has no plans to attend a series of peace talks occurring in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
GHANZI, Afghanistan, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Taliban leaders are pressing for a neutral site for talks aimed at releasing 21 South Koreans they have been holding hostage in Afghanistan. The insurgents say they won't sit down with South Korean envoys in areas controlled by the Afghan government.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The government of Afghanistan is holding talks with prominent "moderates" from the former Taliban regime, the Financial Times said Monday.
