Taliban News

After months of laughing off the threat of an Irish Republican Army resurgence the British government has finally agreed that there might be a problem. The British response was swift: mislead the media and link the IRA to the Taliban.

A young Pakistani schoolgirl wanted an education in a part of the world where women have few rights. Standing up for the right to go to school nearly got her killed by fearful Muslim extremists, but Malala's strength lay in her convictions.

The Pakistani Taliban have appointed a new leader to head the organisation, just a day after former leader, Hakimullah Mehsud was killed by a U.S. drone strike.

The progress being made this year to wipe out the polio disease is facing a serious threat from the Taliban group in Pakistan.

Birmingham - At the age of 15, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by Islamist fanatics. She should have died, but a year on you can hardly tell.

Westminster - The Taliban tried to kill her by putting a bullet in her head. She miraculously survived, and now she's been invited to meet Queen Elizabeth II.

Karachi - Pakistan has released Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, its most senior Afghani Taliban prisoner. He is one of the co-founders of the Taliban.

Herat - In the early hours of Friday morning (2 a.m. GMT) Taliban militants attacked the US Consulate in Herat, western Afghanistan, using a suicide car bomb to breach the consulate's perimeter before the attackers opened fire.

Islamabad - Seven senior Taliban figures have been released by Pakistan to help facilitate a peace process and reach a political resolution to the conflict in neighboring Afghanistan.

Sushmita Banerjee, an author from India whose memoir about life in Afghanistan became a Bollywood movie, has been shot to death by suspected Taliban militants.