In a mid-November address to Pakistan's national assembly, the country's interior minister, Chaudhry Nisar, stated that the government ought to put off its efforts to negotiate with the Pakistani Taliban. His admonition came on the heels of the refusal of the group's new leader...

On November 1, 2013, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP, Hakimullah Mehsud, was killed in a U.S. airstrike by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs in Pakistan's North Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan. This event took place the day after a statement was made by Prime Minister...