Pakistani officials announce the crackdown on terror groups

This frame grab from video provided by Ahrar al-Sham, Syrian militant group outlet that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows fighters from Ahrar al-Sham militant grou...

A Pakistani volunteer and a police officer rush an injured person to a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan.

Afghan security forces rush to respond to a complex Taliban attack on the campus of the American University in the Afghan capital Kabul.

Afghan policemen wounded in a complex Taliban attack on the campus of the American University in the Afghan capital Kabul.

Pakistani religious leaders, from right Hafiz Saeed, chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa joins hands with Sirajul Haq, center, and the leader of Hizbul Mujahideen Syed Salahuddin, left, during...

Activists of Shia National Front protest against Islamic preacher Zakir Naik in terrorism in Lucknow.

Razaul Karim, right, and Hosne Ara Karim, center, whose son and daughter-in-law were rescued from the restaurant attacked by heavily armed militants, wait for them in Dhaka, Bangla...

Bangladeshi security forces block the road after militants took hostages at a restaurant popular with foreigners in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In this Image made from video, an injured man is loaded onto a truck after militants took hostages at a restaurant popular with foreigners in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

People help an unidentified injured person after a group of gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In this image made from video, an injured security officer, reacts as he sits in the back of a truck after a gunfight with militants who took hostages at a restaurant popular with ...

Bangladeshi policemen clear out an area to facilitate action against heavily armed militants who struck at the heart of Bangladesh's diplomatic zone, taking dozens of hostages at a...

An ambulance transports bodies found at a restaurant popular with foreigners after heavily armed militants attacked it in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Bangladesh security personnel stand on top of armored vehicles after militants took hostages at a restaurant popular with foreigners in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi soldiers come out of an area housing a restaurant popular with foreigners after heavily armed militants attacked it and took dozens of hostages, in a diplomatic zone of...

A relative tries to console Bangladeshi woman Semin Rahman, center, whose son is missing after militants took hostages in a restaurant popular with foreigners in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Afghan men carry a wounded man at the site of a suicide attack near a compound belonging to foreigners in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan troops rappelled from helicopters onto the roof...

Taliban fighters are handcuffed by Afghan security forces, in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province.

Afghan Taliban leader Akhtar Muhammad Mansoor is seen in a photo taken in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1998. Mystery surrounds the fate of 'injured' Afghan Taliban chief.