Islamabad flings to quell rise in Pak Taliban attacks

Since the Taliban’s preemption of Afghanistan, Pakistan’s offshoot of the strict Islamist group has ramped up attacks on its side of the border, leaving Islamabad scrabbling to reach a peace deal.  Active in the remote ethnical areas of Pakistan, experts say the militant group has been inspired by the Taliban’s successful ousting of world superpower the United States from Afghanistan. […]