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PESHAWAR: The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Thursday declined to extend the month-long ceasefire with the government, accusing it of failing to honour the decisions reached earlier. The announcement has put the nascent peace efforts into the doldrums.

A statement issued by the TTP late in the evening gave out details of the six-point agreement that it said it had reached with the government under the aegis of the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” (IEA) on Oct 25, 2021.

The two sides, according to the agreement, had accepted that the IEA would play the role of a mediator and that both sides would form five-member committees each which, under the supervision of the mediator, would discuss the next course of action and demands of each sides.

Both sides, it said, had also agreed to observe a month-long ceasefire from Nov 1 to Nov 30, 2021 and that the government would release 102 “imprisoned mujahideen” and hand them over to the TTP through the “IEA and that both sides would issue a joint statement regarding the ceasefire on Nov 1, 2021”.


Group’s 12 ‘de-radicalised’ foot soldiers released

According to the statement, the government not only failed to implement the decisions reached between the two sides but to the contrary, the security forces conducted raids in Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat, Swat, Bajaur, Swabi and North Waziristan and killed and detained militants.

“Under these circumstances, it is not possible to extend the ceasefire,” the TTP said.

Earlier in an audio, Mufti Noor Wali Mahsud announced an end to the ceasefire and asked his fighters to resume attacks past 12am. The ceasefire had come into effect on Nov 9.

In the audio, Mufti Noor can be heard as saying that since the TTP has not heard back from the mediators or the government, therefore, past midnight, his fighters reserve the right to resume attacks wherever they were.

The TTP decision to end the ceasefire is a big setback to the government efforts to secure a peace agreement with the militants waging war against the state for decades.

Read: Making peace with militants

Official sources had earlier said that both sides had agreed to initiate “formal talks” and had finalised five names of negotiators each. The government negotiating team included two senior civil officers with good experience of having served in conflict zones. While the TTP said it had formed a five-member committee for negotiations, the government, it appears, took time to notify the committee.

A lot of informal discussions had taken place between the two sides before and during the ceasefire and certain confidence-building steps had been agreed upon to reassure each other, these sources said.

Afghan Taliban are playing the role of principal mediator between Pakistan and the outlawed militant conglomerate comprising several factions.

Government officials say Afghan Taliban have offered Pakistani authorities several options but that they prefer that the TTP be engaged through negotiations and persuaded to return to their country in a peaceful manner.

Ceasefire impact

Ceasefire or cessation of hostilities has remained enforced with no major violations. TTP-led militant attacks inside Pakistan which had seen a dramatic spike in the immediate aftermath of Afghan Taliban’s takeover in mid-August have seen a steady decline, according to data available with Dawn.

These attacks saw a further decrease of 28 per cent since October, when the ceasefire came into effect, according to official statistics of the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The only notable exception to the ceasefire violations have been 24 attacks mounted by Hafiz Gul Bahadar (HGB) and TTP-affiliated Aleem Khan Khushali (AKK) in North Waziristan. HGB is not part of TTP and had reached a separate ceasefire agreement.

Release of de-radicalised militants

One particular step was the release of some foot soldiers. The government has agreed to release close to one hundred militants being held at ‘de-radicalisation centers’. The first batch of around 12 has already been released. The second batch is expected to be freed in the next few days, to be followed by more in the days and weeks to come.

The ‘de-radicalised’ militants have been screened and made to report to police stations of their areas every two weeks while their movement would be monitored “to ensure they don’t return to what they have been doing in the past”, another source said. “No hard core militant will be released,” this source insisted.

The sources say that during the informal talks, it has been made clear to the other side that there are certain redlines which are not open to negotiations. “Pakistan is a constitutional democracy and they have to accept it and abide by it. There will be no grouping or re-grouping, safe-havens, movement of armed troupes or carrying weapons.”

The TTP, however, has set its own conditions which among other things include enforcement of Shariah and restoration of tribal areas to their pre-merger status.

“They know it and they understand it. Tribal areas are now merged districts and they know that there is no going back and that much water has flown under the bridge. Conditions are no longer conducive for them to operate, survive and sustain,” the sources maintain.

Published in Dawn, December 10th, 2021
 
It's not possible to make peace with these animals. It always looked foolish to reach out to them with olive branch. This is an acid test for IK.
 
I have always been against peace with these monsters. All of them need to be hunted down. I just do not understand why Pakistan is conducting strikes and operations inside Afghanistan. Kill them wherever they are!
 
Another achievement under Imran Khan.

Thank you Imran Khan
 
The TTP bluffed the government after managing to get almost 100 fighters released, the terror outfit called off peace talks. This is example of Pakistan’s brilliant anti-terror policy.
 
Major said:
Another achievement under Imran Khan.

Thank you Imran Khan
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He has already established himself as the worst PM in Pakistan’s history, but it won’t be an exaggeration to suggest that he may as well be the worst PM in world history.
 
Mamoon said:
He has already established himself as the worst PM in Pakistan’s history, but it won’t be an exaggeration to suggest that he may as well be the worst PM in world history.
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Well Yahyah Khan was the worst followed by Zia. Lets see if he could reach their heights.

But yes, as a PM he has been the worst
 
Isn't this group responsible for Peshawar School attacks ?
Why is there any kind of negotiation happening with such a group ? How would the parents of kids who lost their lives and kids who were traumatised feel about this ?
 
hoshiarpurexpress said:
Isn't this group responsible for Peshawar School attacks ?
Why is there any kind of negotiation happening with such a group ? How would the parents of kids who lost their lives and kids who were traumatised feel about this ?
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Yes. Apart from the school attack, they are responsible for thousands of other attacks, killing at least 50k Pakistanis.

Peace talks are happening because if you use violence in Pakistan, you would be rewarded and given state protocol. If you protest peacefully, you would be picked up, killed and dumped at a roadside. The state eulogises violence. It is utterly sickening! We can never be a normal state because we are the only nation that go out of their way to appease extremists.
 
hoshiarpurexpress said:
Isn't this group responsible for Peshawar School attacks ?
Why is there any kind of negotiation happening with such a group ? How would the parents of kids who lost their lives and kids who were traumatised feel about this ?
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Exactly and that boils my blood. How can you negotiate with these cruel animals?! We have enough power to neutralize them and send them packing to hell but unfortunately we're negotiating peace with them. Disgusting really
 
saeedhk said:
Yes. Apart from the school attack, they are responsible for thousands of other attacks, killing at least 50k Pakistanis.

Peace talks are happening because if you use violence in Pakistan, you would be rewarded and given state protocol. If you protest peacefully, you would be picked up, killed and dumped at a roadside. The state eulogises violence. It is utterly sickening! We can never be a normal state because we are the only nation that go out of their way to appease extremists.
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Many Pakistanis don't even think TTP were responsible for killing 50k people. I vividly remember those comments when the suicide attacks were at their peak between 2009-2014 blaming RAW, Mossad etc.

There should be no peace talks of any kind with this group of animals.
 
saeedhk said:
Yes. Apart from the school attack, they are responsible for thousands of other attacks, killing at least 50k Pakistanis.

Peace talks are happening because if you use violence in Pakistan, you would be rewarded and given state protocol. If you protest peacefully, you would be picked up, killed and dumped at a roadside. The state eulogises violence. It is utterly sickening! We can never be a normal state because we are the only nation that go out of their way to appease extremists.
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They were also backed, financed and supported by India.

Time to send them to hell now.
 
These people will never agree to any agreements. We have to eliminate them and their supporters. We all know India is behind so we must cause even more trouble next door. Pak has enough assets to keep hammering them.
 
Mamoon said:
He has already established himself as the worst PM in Pakistan’s history, but it won’t be an exaggeration to suggest that he may as well be the worst PM in world history.
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Can't be worse than Bhutto. The guy broke up the country because he couldn't stomach a Bengali in power and then proceeded to destroy the country's nascent industrial base through his nationalisation programme. His term also saw the rise of overtly using religion as a cover for politics.

Khan is just hapless in the face of challenges that are beyond his power to fix. That said, I don't think the Nooras or 10% + Billo Rani would be doing a much better job.
 
What does TTP do nowadays? From what I know, they do occasional attacks on security forces close to the Afghan border, right? Why haven't they been finished off completely?
 
saeedhk said:
If they are backed by India, why making peace with them now? India is Pakistan's greatest enemy!
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I didn't agree with making peace with them but you have to accept the reality instead of always defending your Indian heritage or friends, whichever is the truth.
 
Markhor said:
Many Pakistanis don't even think TTP were responsible for killing 50k people. I vividly remember those comments when the suicide attacks were at their peak between 2009-2014 blaming RAW, Mossad etc.

There should be no peace talks of any kind with this group of animals.
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That is true! A lot of Pakistanis are not willing to accept that the lives lost in the country have been due to the TTP and other extremist outfits. They say the TTP are actually Americans and Jews who have grown beards! Unfortunately, our govt and establishment have always forwarded such narratives because they want to absolve themselves of responsibility. We have a habit of lying to each other.
 
LaLoco said:
Sooner or later they’ll be either accepting or asking for ceasefire.
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It is the other way around. Pakistan is begging them to stop attacks. Pathetic for a country that prides as having a strong military.
 
saeedhk said:
It is the other way around. Pakistan is begging them to stop attacks. Pathetic for a country that prides as having a strong military.
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You are hoping for chaos, piling up of dead bodies, TV displaying Pakistani military/government killing its own citizens.
 
sa88 said:
Can't be worse than Bhutto. The guy broke up the country because he couldn't stomach a Bengali in power and then proceeded to destroy the country's nascent industrial base through his nationalisation programme. His term also saw the rise of overtly using religion as a cover for politics.

Khan is just hapless in the face of challenges that are beyond his power to fix. That said, I don't think the Nooras or 10% + Billo Rani would be doing a much better job.
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He hyped himself to the moon, projected himself as Pakistan’s savior and claimed to have a fix for every problem.

The common man fell for his charisma, personality, statements, promises. They viewed him as the second coming of Jinnah - the man who would save Pakistan.

Now that he has failed badly, he has nowhere to hide. When you put yourself on a pedestal, raise hopes to an astronomical level and do ‘me me me’ for years, you cannot hide behind excuses.

There are some people who have a cult-mentality and will defend him no matter what. They pretty much worship him. However, the majority are done with him.

They feel letdown and are now feeling foolish because because it seems that Imran took them for a ride with all his promises and assurances in order to win their votes. He clearly didn’t have a plan and he doesn’t have one right now.
 
Afghan Taliban reject TTP claim of being a 'branch of IEA'

The Afghan Taliban have distanced themselves from the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) after the latter recently claimed it was a "branch" of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) — the regime in charge in Kabul.

TTP chief Mufti Noor Wali Mahsud, in a video available on social media and purportedly shot during his visit to Pakistan's northern areas, had declared that his outfit came under the larger "umbrella" of the IEA.

"Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan is a branch of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [and] is a part of that umbrella on this land," Mahsud, flanked by armed TTP fighters, can be seen saying in the video as he addressed a group of men.

Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid, in an interview with Arab News on Friday, rejected Mahsud's claim of affiliation with the IEA.

"They are not, as an organisation, part of IEA and we don’t share the same objectives,” Mujahid is quoted as saying by the publication.

“We advise TTP to focus on peace and stability in their country. This is very important so they can prevent any chance for enemies to interfere in the region and in Pakistan. And we request Pakistan to look into their demands for the better of the region and Pakistan.”

Mujahid said the TTP was Pakistan's internal matter, adding: "The IEA stance is that we do not interfere in other countries’ affairs. We do not interfere in Pakistan’s affairs.”

Ceasefire — beginning and end
The Afghan Taliban spokesperson's remarks come roughly a month after Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi acknowledged that the Afghan Taliban were mediating between Pakistan and the TTP on the desire of both the parties.

The Afghan Taliban's facilitation of talks had led to a month-long ceasefire during November, which the TTP declined to extend any further, accusing the government of failing to honour the decisions reached earlier.

A statement issued by the TTP on Thursday gave out details of the six-point agreement that it said it had reached with the government under the aegis of the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” (IEA) on Oct 25, 2021.

The two sides, according to the agreement, had accepted that the IEA would play the role of a mediator and that both sides would form five-member committees each which, under the supervision of the mediator, would discuss the next course of action and demands of each sides.

Both sides, it said, had also agreed to observe a month-long ceasefire from Nov 1 to Nov 30, 2021 and that the government would release 102 “imprisoned mujahideen” and hand them over to the TTP through the “IEA and that both sides would issue a joint statement regarding the ceasefire on Nov 1, 2021”.

According to the statement, the government not only failed to implement the decisions reached between the two sides but on the contrary, the security forces conducted raids in Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat, Swat, Bajaur, Swabi and North Waziristan and killed and detained militants.

“Under these circumstances, it is not possible to extend the ceasefire,” the TTP said.

The TTP decision to end the ceasefire is a big setback to the government's efforts to secure a peace agreement with the militants waging war against the state for decades.


https://www.dawn.com/news/1663185
 
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Police officer accompanying polio team shot dead, TTP claims responsibility

Like I have said from day one, there should be no peace talks and Pakistani state needs to show some spine for once.
 
Afghan Taliban reject TTP claim of being a 'branch of IEA'
The Afghan Taliban have distanced themselves from the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) after the latter recently claimed it was a "branch" of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) — the regime in charge in Kabul.

TTP chief Mufti Noor Wali Mahsud, in a video available on social media and purportedly shot during his visit to Pakistan's northern areas, had declared that his outfit came under the larger "umbrella" of the IEA.

"Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan is a branch of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [and] is a part of that umbrella on this land," Mahsud, flanked by armed TTP fighters, can be seen saying in the video as he addressed a group of men.Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid, in an interview with Arab News on Friday, rejected Mahsud's claim of affiliation with the IEA.

"They are not, as an organisation, part of IEA and we don’t share the same objectives,” Mujahid is quoted as saying by the publication.

“We advise TTP to focus on peace and stability in their country. This is very important so they can prevent any chance for enemies to interfere in the region and in Pakistan. And we request Pakistan to look into their demands for the better of the region and Pakistan.”

Mujahid said the TTP was Pakistan's internal matter, adding: "The IEA stance is that we do not interfere in other countries’ affairs. We do not interfere in Pakistan’s affairs.”
Ceasefire — beginning and end

The Afghan Taliban spokesperson's remarks come roughly a month after Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi acknowledged that the Afghan Taliban were mediating between Pakistan and the TTP on the desire of both the parties.

The Afghan Taliban's facilitation of talks had led to a month-long ceasefire during November, which the TTP declined to extend any further, accusing the government of failing to honour the decisions reached earlier.

A statement issued by the TTP on Thursday gave out details of the six-point agreement that it said it had reached with the government under the aegis of the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” (IEA) on Oct 25, 2021.

The two sides, according to the agreement, had accepted that the IEA would play the role of a mediator and that both sides would form five-member committees each which, under the supervision of the mediator, would discuss the next course of action and demands of each sides.

Both sides, it said, had also agreed to observe a month-long ceasefire from Nov 1 to Nov 30, 2021 and that the government would release 102 “imprisoned mujahideen” and hand them over to the TTP through the “IEA and that both sides would issue a joint statement regarding the ceasefire on Nov 1, 2021”.

According to the statement, the government not only failed to implement the decisions reached between the two sides but on the contrary, the security forces conducted raids in Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat, Swat, Bajaur, Swabi and North Waziristan and killed and detained militants.

“Under these circumstances, it is not possible to extend the ceasefire,” the TTP said.

The TTP decision to end the ceasefire is a big setback to the government's efforts to secure a peace agreement with the militants waging war against the state for decades.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1663185/afghan-taliban-reject-ttp-claim-of-being-a-branch-of-iea
 
KingKhanWC said:
They were also backed, financed and supported by India.

Time to send them to hell now.
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I assume you also think that the 2008 Mumbai attack was a false flag operation conducted by India.
 
Imran Khan needs to put the country into a 2 month lockdown.

Get all the foreigners out of the country, close all the airports, close the airspace, close every single embassy, ban public transport, close the Pak-Afghan border crossing, and send the military into KP.

Prevent anyone coming in and out of KP, shoot the Taliban on sight, they shouldn’t be detained.


The country can never progress if we continue to negotiate with terrorists.
 
TTP commander assassinated in Khost, Afghanistan


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">GULAN CAMP, KHOST<br>AFGHANISTAN <br><br>Unidentified persons shot & killed a senior terrorist commander of the Indian-backed terrorist organisation, TTP, known as DAUD MEHSUD alias LANGRA. <br>The terrorist was the 4th senior most commander of the TTP and a close aid to Hakimullah Mehsud.</p>— AEROSINT Division PSF (@PSFAERO) <a href="https://twitter.com/PSFAERO/status/1470413109571600384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">افغان صوبه خوست گلان کیمپ میں آج ٹی ٹی پی کمانڈر داود محسود عرف لنگڑا کو نا معلوم افراد نے قتل کردیا. <br>داود محسود ٹی ٹی پی کے سینئر کمانڈرز میں سے تھا اور حکیم الله کا خاص کمانڈر. پاکستان میں مختلف حملوں میں ملوث تھا.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Afghanistan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Afghanistan</a> <a href="https://t.co/etZ6bAMOQf">https://t.co/etZ6bAMOQf</a> <a href="https://t.co/KKCIQgrdN4">pic.twitter.com/KKCIQgrdN4</a></p>— Farzana Shah (@janashah_1) <a href="https://twitter.com/janashah_1/status/1470407939307368450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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Napa said:
I assume you also think that the 2008 Mumbai attack was a false flag operation conducted by India.
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No doubt. No so called Muslim would use the word Bhagwan.

It doesn't matter now, as your nation bottled it, decided not to attack a nuclear power. Wise move from the usually dumb RSS government of India.
 
There can be no further negotiations with these terrorists. Time to permanently eradicate them.
 
PakLFC said:
There can be no further negotiations with these terrorists. Time to permanently eradicate them.
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The strike on Thursday evening came a week after a ceasefire between the TTP and the government collapsed.

The TTP – a separate movement but sharing common roots with Afghanistan's new leaders – plunged Pakistan into a period of horrific violence after forming in 2007.

Two TTP sources currently in Afghanistan told AFP that Maulvi Faqir Mohammad was the target of what they described as a drone strike on a compound in Chawgam village, in the eastern province of Kunar bordering Pakistan.

"Maulvi Faqir Mohammad was not present at the time... two fighters of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan were wounded," one source said.

The compound was being used as a base by TTP terrorists from Pakistan crossing the porous border with Afghanistan, he said.

Maulvi Faqir was arrested by the previous US-backed Kabul government and spent years in Afghanistan's notorious Bagram prison, but was released after the Taliban's lightning takeover of the country in August.

It was not clear who was responsible for Thursday's attack, but both Pakistan and the United States have previously used unmanned aerial vehicles to conduct assassinations in the region.

Bilal Karimi, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban, told AFP from Kabul that the strike was an explosive fired from the ground.

The TTP emerged 14 years ago and have been blamed for around 70,000 killings by successive Pakistani governments.

Thursday marked the seventh anniversary of the TTP massacre of nearly 150 schoolchildren in Peshawar, an atrocity that remains seared on Pakistan's national consciousness.

It prompted a 2014 crackdown by the military which crushed the movement and forced its hardline fighters into hiding in Afghanistan.

Pakistan is now trying to quell a TTP comeback after the victory of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2334370/top-ttp-commander-escapes-suspected-drone-strike
 
Security forces killed three terrorists, including an acquaintance of Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, a top leader of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP), in two separate operations in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), according to statements issued by the military's media affairs wing on Saturday.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Ghafoor alias Jaleel, a close acquaintance of TTP's Faqir Mohammad, was killed in an intelligence-based operation in Bajaur district.

Ghafoor was involved in many terrorist activities, the ISPR said, adding that a security official was injured during the exchange of fire in the operation.

Separately, the ISPR said, two more terrorists were killed in a clearance operation in the Boya area of North Waziristan district.

"The terrorists were spotted fleeing from Mohammad Khel Village towards Vezda Sar and [were] killed during an exchange of fire," according to the ISPR.

The killings have been reported a day after sources in the TTP claimed that Faqir Mohammad had escaped unhurt from a suspected drone strike on a safe house in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday.

Faqir Mohammad was arrested by the previous US-backed Kabul government and spent years in Afghanistan’s notorious Bagram prison, but was released after the Taliban’s lightning takeover of the country in August.

Two TTP sources currently in Afghanistan told AFP that Faqir Mohammad was the target of what they described as a drone strike on a compound in Chawgam village, in the eastern province of Kunar that borders Pakistan.

The compound was being used as a base by TTP fighters from Pakistan crossing the porous border with Afghanistan, one of the sources said.

Separately, Bilal Karimi, a spokesperson for the Taliban government in Afghanistan, told AFP from Kabul that the strike was an explosive fired from the ground.

However, it was not clear who was responsible for the attack, which came a week after a ceasefire between the TTP and the government collapsed, with militants accusing Islamabad of killing its fighters.

DAWN
 
Former Senate chairman Senator Raza Rabbani on Friday demanded clarity over the deal struck between the government and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Rabbani, speaking during a session of the Senate, said despite the ceasefire between the two sides, Pakistan Army's soldiers were still getting martyred.

"Riasat-e-Madina cannot be established on secretive agreements [...] Pakistan's civil-military bureaucracy will have to be answerable before the Parliament," he said.

The former chairman of the Senate said that Pakistan's civil and military bureaucracy would have to answer to the Parliament, adding that the ground reality is that the state of Pakistan refers to the civil and military bureaucracy of Pakistan.

"The state of Pakistan (unfortunately) does not mean the people sitting in Parliament," he said. "The state will have to inform the people under what conditions this ceasefire deal was reached."

The PPP stalwart said that despite the ceasefire, various groups are reorganising in Afghanistan.

"Until the root causes of the problems are ascertained issues will continue to arise," he said.

The senator regretted that as extremist groups gained footing in the country, "the state remained a silent spectator".

"Extremist groups have torn up the state's writ to shreds," he said.

Speaking of missing persons, Rabbani said that the families of such people continue to search for them "while the state is busy hiding them".

The senator also spoke of reports that Taliban forces at the Pak-Afghan border had prevented fencing work.

"Will the foreign minister brief the parliament about this?" he asked.

Rabbani said that the state could not afford any more secret agreements. "What would be the future structure of the state [then]?" he asked.

He called for the National Action Plan to be debated once more in Parliament and for measures to be taken so it can be implemented.

He further said that the state "used religion to advance its political agenda".

GEO
 
Two security personnel were martyred during an exchange of fire with terrorists on Friday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.

A group of terrorists targeted a security forces' checkpost in District Kech, Balochistan.

According to the ISPR, during an exchange of fire, Lance Naik Manzar Abbas, resident of District Khushab, and Sepoy Abdul Fath, resident of Khuzdar, embraced martyrdom.

A follow-up operation is currently underway in the area to search fleeing terrorists, the military's media wing added.

“Security Forces are determined to defeat such acts of inimical elements, aimed at disrupting peace, stability and progress of Balochistan,” the ISPR said.

Last month, two security forces personnel were martyred during an engagement with a group of 'externally sponsored terrorists' after their checkpost was fired upon in the general area Tump, Balochistan, the ISPR said.

"To prevent the move of these terrorists into built-up areas, security forces responded with all available weapons, in which terrorists suffered heavy losses," the military's media wing added.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/233543...RCMHZFeS1HVnpTSTdlOXdJV19VSmJRbzRROVktUFZYUlI
 
A soldier of Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom after terrorists fired at a military checkpost in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's North Waziristan district, the military said.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army troops initiated a prompt response in the Shewa area of the district, engaging the terrorists' location effectively.

"During intense exchange of fire, Naik Noor Merjan, a 32-year-old resident of Kurram, embraced Shahadat," the statement added.

Read more: Two security personnel martyred in Balochistan's Kech

The military’s media wing further said that clearance of the area is being carried out to eliminate any terrorists present there.

The incident took place a day after two security personnel were martyred during an exchange of fire with terrorists.

A group of terrorists targeted a security forces' checkpost in District Kech, Balochistan.

According to the ISPR, during an exchange of fire, Lance Naik Manzar Abbas, resident of District Khushab, and Sepoy Abdul Fath, resident of Khuzdar, embraced martyrdom.

Last month, two soldiers of the Pakistan Army were martyred when terrorists attacked the military checkpost in a tribal area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

The ISPR said in a statement that terrorists targeted a military post in Datta Khel, an area of North Waziristan district.

“During intense exchange of fire, two soldiers – Naik Rehman, age 27 years, resident of Chitral and Lance Naik Arif, age 22 years, resident of Tank – embraced Shahadat [martyrdom],” it added.

In November, two security forces personnel were martyred during an engagement with a group of 'externally sponsored terrorists' after their checkpost was fired upon in the general area Tump, Balochistan.

"To prevent the move of these terrorists into built-up areas, security forces responded with all available weapons, in which terrorists suffered heavy losses," the military's media wing added.
 
Four Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Aaj News reported on Friday.

"The Security forces conducted the IBO on reported presence of terrorists in Tank," the ISPR said. During the operation, two terrorists were killed and weapons and ammunition were also recovered.

"Terrorists identified as Shahzeb alias Zakir and Daniyal were involved in terrorist activities against security forces, target killing and kidnapping for ransom," ISPR said.

Another operation was conducted in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan district on reported presence of terrorists. The security forces apprehended one terrorist along with weapons and ammunition.

"During intense exchange of fire, four soldiers embraced shahadat," ISPR said.

In September, a Pakistan Army captain was martyred during an IBO in Tank. The ISPR in a press release said that the security forces conducted an operation after receiving information about the presence of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists in Tank.

TTP Commander Khawaza din alias Sher Khan was killed during the operation. The statement further said that Captain Sikander, 27, from Pakpattan, was martyred during the exchange of fire.

Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the hideout, the ISPR said.

https://www.brecorder.com/news/4014...-soldiers-martyred-during-tank-operation-ispr
 
Pakistan believed that the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is a "test case" for the Afghan Taliban, as tackling the group would help the interim government establish its credentials in the eyes of the world with regards to dealing with other terrorist outfits, a senior official has said.

"We are telling the Taliban leadership consider the TTP as a test case," the official familiar with the development told The Express Tribune while requesting anonymity.

"If the Taliban can't address concerns of Pakistan then who would trust them and their promise of cutting ties to al Qaeda and other such groups," the official added.

Pakistan and the interim Taliban government enjoy close relationship and Pakistan is one country that the Afghan Taliban leadership is expected to address its concerns.

"It will be damaging for the Afghan Taliban if they fail to take into account Pakistan's concerns," the official explained. "A global community, particularly the West will ask look they can't even satisfy Pakistan so how come they would address terror concerns of other countries," the official maintained.

The development came as the interim Afghan Taliban government struggled to tackle the TTP issue, something that may undermine its close relationship with Islamabad, which is the group's key backer.

Pakistan is not only seeking humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan but urging the international community not to abandon the war-torn country.

It also recently hosted an extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers from the Organisation Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to garner international support for the Taliban government.

In return, Pakistan expects that the Taliban government would address its concerns particularly with regards to the outlawed TTP.

Pakistan had approached the Afghan Taliban leadership after the group returned to power in August with a list of demands that included action against the TTP. The interim Taliban government was even provided with a list of most wanted TTP terrorists.

But Afghan Taliban instead offered its good offices to broker a peace deal with the TTP. Pakistan accepted the offer and after some face to face meetings between the two sides, a ceasefire deal was reached in November.

Last week at a news conference Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar for the first time publicly revealed why Pakistan entered into a ceasefire with the TTP.

According to the chief military spokesperson, the interim Taliban government facilitated ceasefire with TTP as a confidence building measure. The month-long ceasefire, however, was ended on December 9 with no further progress.

General Babar said talks were now on hold as some of the conditions put forward by the TTP were non-negotiable for Pakistan. Although he did not divulge details, it is believed that the TTP was demanding the release of their senior commanders, establishment of a political office in a third country, reversal of FATA merger and introduction of Sharia law in the country.

As per the DG ISPR, operations against the TTP were being conducted on daily bases and the fight against the "violent non-state actors" would continue till their threat was totally eliminated.

The statement of DG ISPR clearly suggested that Pakistan was not hopeful of any prospects of talks or peace deal with the TTP at least in the foreseeable future.

The official sources said Pakistan was talking to the interim Taliban government on the TTP issue. "It is a complicated process. Afghan Taliban are keen that the TTP no more uses Afghan soil against Pakistan but they are not willing to act against them," said another official.

The reason for the Taliban's reluctance to act against the TTP is because of their close relationship. Also the Afghan Taliban feel their first priority is to deal with the threat posed by Islamic State-Khorasan, also known as Da’ish. Taliban fear that the TTP fighters may join Da’ish-Khorasan if they take any action against them.

Despite a month-long ceasefire, the number of terrorist attacks in 2021 saw 56 per cent increase compared to 2020. Interestingly, the surge in TTP sponsored attacks was coincided with the Afghan Taliban takeover in August 2021. As per the Islamabad think-tank report August saw 45 terrorist attacks in Pakistan, the highest tally in a single month since 2017.

While Pakistan would continue operations against the TTP, it has been pushing the Taliban government to make sure that the Afghan soil is not used by these terrorist groups against the country.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2337913/pakistan-asks-afghan-taliban-to-take-ttp-as-test-case
 
Most wanted TTP commander Muhammad Khorasani killed in Afghanistan

Terrorist Commander Khalid Balti (Muhammad Khurrasani) spokesperson of TTP was takin out on night 9/10 Jan 2022 inside Afghanistan by unknown assassins.

Looks like Markhors work .....

cant share his pics, he Got headshot ......

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ISLAMABAD:
Most wanted Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander and a spokesperson for the proscribed outfit Khalid Balti alias Muhammad Khorasani was killed in the Afghan province of Nangarhar, sources told The Express Tribune on Monday.
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https://tribune.com.pk/story/2338023/most-wanted-ttp-commander-muhammad-khorasani-killed-in-afghanistan
 
The most wanted terrorist in Pakistan and outlawed TTP spokesperson, Khalid Balti alias Muhammad Khurasani, has been killed in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, ARY News reported on Monday.

Khalid Balti alias Muhammad Khurasani was killed in an undisclosed location of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province.

Khurasani had been appointed as banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson in 2014 after Shahidullah Shahid and renowned for his anti-Pakistan stance.

It was learnt that Balti alias Muhammad Khurasani had been operating a training camp for TTP terrorists in Miranshah to disturb the peace situation in Pakistan.

After the success of Operation Zarb-e-Azab by Pakistani armed forces, Khurasani fled to Afghanistan and later he was appointed as TTP spokesperson. The outlawed commander had reportedly been busy merging the factions of TTP.

Khurasani was involved in many terrorist attacks on innocent citizens and personnel of the security forces. It emerged that the TTP leader was planning for carrying out another series of attacks after hinting at initiating terror activities in Pakistan.

ARY
 
MenInG said:
The most wanted terrorist in Pakistan and outlawed TTP spokesperson, Khalid Balti alias Muhammad Khurasani, has been killed in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, ARY News reported on Monday.

Khalid Balti alias Muhammad Khurasani was killed in an undisclosed location of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province.

Khurasani had been appointed as banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson in 2014 after Shahidullah Shahid and renowned for his anti-Pakistan stance.

It was learnt that Balti alias Muhammad Khurasani had been operating a training camp for TTP terrorists in Miranshah to disturb the peace situation in Pakistan.

After the success of Operation Zarb-e-Azab by Pakistani armed forces, Khurasani fled to Afghanistan and later he was appointed as TTP spokesperson. The outlawed commander had reportedly been busy merging the factions of TTP.

Khurasani was involved in many terrorist attacks on innocent citizens and personnel of the security forces. It emerged that the TTP leader was planning for carrying out another series of attacks after hinting at initiating terror activities in Pakistan.

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I am not a fan of the Taliban but them allowing us to deal with the TTP will go along way to destroying Terrorism in PK. RAW and Modi will be distraught
 
YousafTheBeast said:
Imran Khan needs to put the country into a 2 month lockdown.

Get all the foreigners out of the country, close all the airports, close the airspace, close every single embassy, ban public transport, close the Pak-Afghan border crossing, and send the military into KP.

Prevent anyone coming in and out of KP, shoot the Taliban on sight, they shouldn’t be detained.


The country can never progress if we continue to negotiate with terrorists.
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Well said.

This is what we need unlike the IK supporting Taliban sympathisers.
 
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the government was ready to hold negotiations with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) but warned that any group posing threat to country’s national security will be dealt with an iron fist.

Addressing the Senate session on Monday, the interior minister said the number of terror incidents in the country has witnessed a surge since August 15 following the fall of Kabul to Taliban.

Rashid said no talks were under way with any groups at the moment and added that negotiations with any outlawed group would be held within the ambit of Constitution.

The interior minister informed the upper house of parliament that the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was using local Pakistani criminals to carryout terrorist activities in the country. He said the security agencies were on high-alert and taking all measures to curb such activities.

Rashid said a ‘unanimous narrative’ was required to defeat the menace of terrorism and lauded the opposition parties for condemning the terrorist incidents.

The minister said India never wanted to see cordial ties between Pakistan and the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan.

“Pakistan Army is dealing with the threat of terrorism, and takes action wherever the menace rears its ugly head,” he said. “Pakistan will not allow anyone to challenge its integrity and will root out the menace of terrorism,” he maintained.

He also urged the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to reschedule its ‘inflation march’ from March 23 to any other date citing security concerns.

He said the government will not allow terrorists to ruin peace of the country. “This land is as important to you (opposition) as it is to [PM] Imran Khan, so I urge you to please reschedule your march,” he remarked.

Rashid said JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman was a victim of terrorist attacks and so was he. “The night before [former PM] Benazir Bhutto was martyred, we asked her to not take her political rally to [Rawal]pindi… but, a leader always ignores warnings because they think these are just government servants, and they want to interrupt and ruin the rally. She didn't listen, and she was martyred,” he stated.

“They [opposition] can say anything they want about me… I am warning you for your safety! I will warn you about security threats and Covid threats. Reschedule your march. Half of Islamabad will be shut, phones will be shut. Your march won't be shown live.”

Last week, the interior minister announced that the doors were still open for the banned TTP if they were ready to accept the law and the Constitution of the country.

On the same day, his ministry through a notification directed the provincial governments and the law enforcement agencies to stay alert as well as exercise extreme vigilance in connection with the recent terrorist attack in Lahore’s Anarkali Bazaar and the threats posed by “anti-state elements”.

Elaborating further, talks between the government and the TTP – facilitated by the Afghan Taliban – had failed as the group had put up some conditions that were unacceptable. “The Afghan Taliban had facilitated the talks with some TTP groups, but their conditions and demands were harsh and unacceptable,” he had said.

The minister conceded a spike in terror attacks in Pakistan, saying smaller groups had become active and attacking in different parts of the country “following Taliban’s success” against Indian RAW and 42 foreign forces in Afghanistan.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/234021...with-ttp-but-no-compromise-on-security-rashid
 
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Wednesday said the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had increased its attacks as he ruled out any talks with the militant outfit.

Addressing a news conference in Islamabad, Rashid said he had written letters to the relevant authorities – including the four chief secretaries and IGPs -- to stay alert in the wake of the looming threat.

The minister ruled out any ongoing negotiations with the TTP, saying it was impossible for any government to meet its demands.

He further pointed out that the law enforcement agencies had killed two of the TTP militants in Islamabad.

Rashid also dismissed speculations about the introduction of a presidential system or the imposition of a state of emergency in the country. He also ruled out a no-confidence motion against the prime minister.

“All such things are nothing more than the rumours and being an interior minister I confirm to you that there is no plan to bring the presidential system or impose emergency in the country,” he added.

He further said if anyone was interested in bringing a no-confidence motion against the prime minister, they could pursue it because it is them who would have to gather enough support for it.

“The government has never faced defeat in passing a bill during the last three and a half years.”

Speaking on former convicted premier Nawaz Sharif, the minister described the PML-N supremo as an “unfortunate” person relying on “fake” medical reports.

The minister was referring to a fresh medical report submitted by the PML-N supremo’s lawyer to the Lahore High Court in which he was advised by a doctor against travelling to Pakistan without undergoing a “definitive medical treatment” in London.

“He [Nawaz] wants to deceive the people by asking them to march to Islamabad while the country is facing the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic," the minister added.

He, however, said the opposition could fulfil its desire to march to Islamabad and the government faced no threat by the move.

Speaking about the performance of his ministry, Rashid said 87 new National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) offices were set up during last year in the country.

Out of total 87, 23 were set up in Punjab, 18 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 11 in Sindh and 13 each in Balochistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

“Thirteen new passport offices will be set up abroad during the current year,” he added.

The minister said the federal government wanted to open 13 new passport offices in Sindh and the funds were available for them. He added that the delay was because of the Sindh government because it had yet to respond to the matter.

Rashid said Prime Minister Imran Khan was leaving for an important visit to China where he would discuss the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and other matters of mutual interest.

The minister also announced that his Saudi counterpart will visit Pakistan on February 7 and would hold important meetings with the prime minister and president.

The minister also briefed the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Interior about the ongoing relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

He said around 70 Afghans were arriving in Pakistan on a daily basis.

“There is no condition for visa for the sick people coming from Afghanistan,” he added.

He further told the committee that an investigation was underway into the recent incidents of terrorism in the country.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2341745/ttp-has-stepped-up-attacks-rashid
 
ISLAMABAD:
The Ministry of Interior on Thursday issued another threat alert in the wake of recent terrorist attacks, directing the authorities concerned to ensure the “highest level of preparedness and extra vigilance” against the threats posed by “anti-state elements”.

In the wake of the recent terror attacks carried out by miscreants in Panjgur and Naushki districts of Balochistan, the second threat alert issued in less than two weeks stated: “Highest level of preparedness and extra vigilance may kindly be ensured by all provincial governments, intelligence and law enforcement agencies to thwart any nefarious designs of anti-state elements.”

The threat alert has been issued at a time when Prime Minister Imran Khan has departed for a four-day visit to China with a delegation of ministers accompanying him to seek investment and transfer of industries from China to Pakistan. Before departing, the prime minister lauded the country's armed forces for repulsing the terror attacks in Balochistan.

Last month, Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had blamed foreign powers of committing terrorist activities, claiming that they wished to stop progress on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The minister had said, “However, the Pak-China friendship is standing tall against such tactics.”

On Thursday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement stated that at least 13 terrorists were killed by security forces in Balochistan's Panjgur and Naushki after separate attacks were successfully repulsed last night.

It said that four soldiers, including an officer, were martyred while repulsing the attack on Wednesday night. Earlier, on January 27, it was reported that 10 soldiers embraced martyrdom after terrorists attacked a security forces’ check post in Balochistan’s Kech district.

The latest threat alert has also lauded the alertness and bravery of the Frontier Corps Balochistan personnel, saying that they were instrumental in successfully repelling the two attacks carried out on February 2 by the miscreants who suffered heavy losses.

The letter issued in continuation of the ministry’s earlier letter issued on January 21 on the same subject stated that the bravery shown by them was lauded by the nation with the prime minister leading the way.

The previous notification of the ministry directing the authorities concerned to be ready for dealing with any untoward situation had come after an increase in terrorists’ attacks in the country ahead of opposition parties’ calls to take out rallies against the government in February and March.

On January 21, Rashid had admitted a spike in terror attacks in the country, saying smaller groups had become active and were attacking in different parts of the country “following Taliban’s success” against Indian intelligence agency and 42 foreign forces in Afghanistan.

The minister had added that the current wave of terrorism had increased about 35 to 38 per cent since August 15 – when Taliban fighters had entered Kabul– and that was why the ministry had issued a notification directing authorities concerned to exercise extreme vigilance
 
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday that the clearance operation in Balochistan, which was launched after terrorists attacked security forces camps in the province's Panjgur and Naushki areas late on Wednesday evening, had been completed.

Twenty terrorists were killed during operations after the attacks, the military's media affairs wing said in a statement, adding that nine security personnel had embraced martyrdom.

"Both attacks were repulsed successfully by prompt response from troops at both locations," the ISPR said.

It added that nine of the terrorists were killed in Naushki and four security personnel, including an officer, were martyred during an exchange of fire with the militants there.

In Panjgur, the ISPR said, security forces had repulsed the terrorist attack after an intense exchange of fire during which some of the militants had fled the area.

Security forces had carried out a clearance operation to hunt down the hiding terrorists in the vicinity, it said, adding that initially four fleeing terrorists were killed there and as many were encircled by security forces the next day.

"All encircled terrorists were killed in today’s (Saturday) operation as they failed to surrender," the ISPR said.

The military's media wing said five soldiers, including a junior commissioned officer, were martyred and six injured during follow-up operations in Panjgur over the past 72 hours.

Moreover, the ISPR said, three terrorists, including two high-value targets, linked to the attacks were killed in Kech district's Balgatar area on Friday.

These terrorists were killed in a follow up clearance operation conducted at a makeshift terrorist hideout.

"Our security forces stand firm and resolutely committed to eliminating the menace of terrorism from our soil no matter [at] what the cost," the ISPR said.

Earlier, the ISPR had said intelligence agencies had intercepted communications between the terrorists who carried out attacks in Balochistan and their handlers in Afghanistan and India.

The attacks in Naushki and Panjgur were claimed by the banned militant outfit Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).
 
Pakistan seems to have run out of patience with the Afghan Taliban regime as the foriegn office on Sunday issued the strongest statement yet, saying terrorists were operating with impunity from Afghan soil.

The statement came against the backdrop of recent incident at the border that left seven Pakistani soldiers martyred. The attacks were carried out from across the border, according to officials.

As a result of the incident, the country reportedly carried out air strikes targeting terrorist sanctuaries in Kunar and Khost provinces. The Afghan interim government then summoned Pakistan's Ambassador in Kabul in a rare move to lodge a protest over the strikes and warned of serious consequences if such attacks did not stop.

Today, without admitting the air strikes, the foreign office explained in detail the circumstances that led to the recent incidents.

"In the last few days, incidents along the Pak-Afghan Border have significantly increased, wherein Pakistani security forces were targeted from across the border," it said in a statement.

It highlighted that Islamabad had repeatedly requested the Afghan government in the last few months to secure the border region since terrorists were using Afghan soil with impunity to carry out activities inside Pakistan.

The foreign office noted that Pakistan and Afghanistan had been engaged through institutional channels for the past several months for an effective coordination and security along the long shared border.

"Unfortunately, elements of banned terrorist groups in the border region, including TTP, have continued to attack Pakistan's border security posts, resulting into martyrdom of several Pakistani troops. On April 14 too, seven Pakistan army soldiers were martyred in North Waziristan district by terrorists operating from Afghanistan," the statement maintained.

Condemning terrorist operation from the Afghan soil once again, it said, "This is detrimental to our efforts of maintaining peace and stability along Pak-Afghan Border".

The foreign office emphasised that Pakistan requested the sovereign Afghan government to secure the Border region and take stern action against terrorists in the interest of peace and progress of the two brotherly countries.

"Pakistan also takes this opportunity to reaffirm respect for Afghanistan's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. Pakistan will continue to work closely with Afghan Government to strengthen bilateral relations in all fields," according to the communique.

Since Taliban took control of Kabul, there were hopes in Pakistan that given the country's close relationship with the group the new Afghan government would take care of its security concerns.

The Taliban initially tried to broker a peace deal between Pakistan and the TTP but those efforts made little impact.

It appears that after several months of failed efforts to deal with TTP, Islamabad's relationship with the Taliban government is now on the edge.

Many observers had already predicated this scenario as given Taliban's close affiliation with TTP, they would never take action against such groups.

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Recently saw some interviews about the Peshawar school massacre. Makes my blood boil when I see reports of negotiations with these TTP killers.

Although I'm not in favour of the recent change of Government - I hope the new setup end any talk of talks with TTP. IK's narrative on tackling terrorism has always been wrong and borne out of misguided pacifism.

Also our Afghan policy for decades has proven to be a failure. After all the justifications about supporting a pro-Pakistan regime in Afghanistan, it turns out our supposed friends and allies the Afghan Taliban won't even lift a finger against TTP.
 
Markhor said:
Recently saw some interviews about the Peshawar school massacre. Makes my blood boil when I see reports of negotiations with these TTP killers.

Although I'm not in favour of the recent change of Government - I hope the new setup end any talk of talks with TTP. IK's narrative on tackling terrorism has always been wrong and borne out of misguided pacifism.

Also our Afghan policy for decades has proven to be a failure. After all the justifications about supporting a pro-Pakistan regime in Afghanistan, it turns out our supposed friends and allies the Afghan Taliban won't even lift a finger against TTP.
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Oh they are talkiing. TTP is pretty much finsished, Afghan Taliban, Pak forces has wiped them off. What you will now see is a few mercenaries paid by foriegn nations and then allowed to flurish a little by this corupt government.

Dont be surprised if Drone attacks resume soon.
 
Markhor said:
Recently saw some interviews about the Peshawar school massacre. Makes my blood boil when I see reports of negotiations with these TTP killers.

Although I'm not in favour of the recent change of Government - I hope the new setup end any talk of talks with TTP. IK's narrative on tackling terrorism has always been wrong and borne out of misguided pacifism.

Also our Afghan policy for decades has proven to be a failure. After all the justifications about supporting a pro-Pakistan regime in Afghanistan, it turns out our supposed friends and allies the Afghan Taliban won't even lift a finger against TTP.
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Afghan taliban used al qaeda and now they are using TTP for Geo Strategic purposes. Its like have a proxy in another country.

But Pakistan acts foolish who believes Afghan Taliban and were willing to appease them
 
KingKhanWC said:
Oh they are talkiing. TTP is pretty much finsished, Afghan Taliban, Pak forces has wiped them off. What you will now see is a few mercenaries paid by foriegn nations and then allowed to flurish a little by this corupt government.

Dont be surprised if Drone attacks resume soon.
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If Pakistanis lives are lost in attacks originating from Afghanistan, then the military should take action across the border against those miscreants.

Sorry but when 60,000 Pakistanis have been killed from terrorism, with many of the handlers and organisers sitting in Afghanistan, then all this talk of territorial integrity and sovereignty wears thin.
 
Markhor said:
If Pakistanis lives are lost in attacks originating from Afghanistan, then the military should take action across the border against those miscreants.

Sorry but when 60,000 Pakistanis have been killed from terrorism, with many of the handlers and organisers sitting in Afghanistan, then all this talk of territorial integrity and sovereignty wears thin.
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You are correct the bases were in Afghanistan but this was under the Northern Alliance puppet regime installed by US and supported by India. Afghan Taliban arent puppets, they will not allow TTP terrorits to flurish in their land.

TTP now have a few leaders who are mercenaries paid by foriegn states, they live on the border area in tents. They occasionaly recruit poor young men to do their bloodshedding.

The bigger threat imo is from the Afghan border and Balochistan. These terrorists havent been fully wiped out yet.
 
KingKhanWC said:
You are correct the bases were in Afghanistan but this was under the Northern Alliance puppet regime installed by US and supported by India. Afghan Taliban arent puppets, they will not allow TTP terrorits to flurish in their land.
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No look at post #50 - Pakistani Foreign Office is saying Afghan Taliban government is allowing TTP to operate with impunity.

Pak Govt should make it clear - either you stamp these guys out or we'll conduct operations unilaterally. If Afghan Taliban want to retaliate then kiss your diplomatic recognition from Pakistan goodbye.
 
Markhor said:
No look at post #50 - Pakistani Foreign Office is saying Afghan Taliban government is allowing TTP to operate with impunity.

Pak Govt should make it clear - either you stamp these guys out or we'll conduct operations unilaterally. If Afghan Taliban want to retaliate then kiss your diplomatic recognition from Pakistan goodbye.
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Come on bro, you want me to entertain anything these puppets and imports say?

These traitors work for America and India, they dont work for Pakistan or its people. Under their watch there were over 400 drone attacks, which murdered hundreds of children alone. Terrorism was rife.
 
KingKhanWC said:
Come on bro, you want me to entertain anything these puppets and imports say?

These traitors work for America and India, they dont work for Pakistan or its people. Under their watch there were over 400 drone attacks, which murdered hundreds of children alone. Terrorism was rife.
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Imran's Foreign Office were saying the same thing ! Read the report in #50.

It highlighted that Islamabad had repeatedly requested the Afghan government in the last few months to secure the border region since terrorists were using Afghan soil with impunity to carry out activities inside Pakistan.

The foreign office noted that Pakistan and Afghanistan had been engaged through institutional channels for the past several months for an effective coordination and security along the long shared border.
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Markhor said:
Imran's Foreign Office were saying the same thing ! Read the report in #50.
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A few ISIS attacks were taking place at the time.

The point was these clowns in charge are traitors, they will sell their mothers for some rupees. Pakistani public means nothing to them, they knew drone attacks mean more recruits so they allowed them to continue.
 
The death toll from Pakistan’s military air raids on targets in the eastern Afghanistan provinces of Khost and Kunar on Saturday has risen to at least 47, officials said.

“Forty-one civilians, mainly women and children, were killed and 22 others were wounded in air strikes by Pakistani forces near the Durand Line in Khost province,” Shabir Ahmad Osmani, director of information and culture in Khost, told AFP on Sunday.

Two other officials confirmed the death toll in Khost, while an Afghan official said on Saturday that six people were killed in Kunar province.

Afghanistan’s largest news channel, TOLO News, showed images of children’s bodies it said were killed in the air attack.

The same channel showed protests by hundreds of residents in Khost condemning Pakistan and shouting anti-Pakistan slogans.

The Pakistani military has not commented on the attacks, but on Sunday the foreign ministry in Islamabad urged the Taliban authorities in Kabul to take “stern actions” against armed fighters launching attacks against Pakistan from Afghan soil.

“Terrorists are using Afghan soil with impunity to carry out activities inside Pakistan,” the statement, which was unusually harsh in its language, said.

Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban seized power last year, with Islamabad claiming armed groups are carrying out regular attacks from Afghan soil.

Since the Taliban takeover, Islamabad has led the way in pressing the world to engage with the religiously driven Afghan government.

It is not clear, however, whether Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be as supportive of the Afghan Taliban as was his predecessor, Imran Khan, a cricket star turned conservative Islamist leader, who was removed from power last weekend in a politically tumultuous no-confidence vote.

The Taliban deny harbouring Pakistani armed fighters, but are also infuriated by a fence Islamabad is erecting along the two countries’ 2,700km (1,680-mile) shared border.

Al Jazeera
 
A 24pc increase in the number of militant attacks was recorded in April as compared to March 2022, according to statistics released by Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS).

In April, militants carried out 34 attacks in which 55 people were killed, including 34 security forces personnel, 13 civilians and eight militants. As many as 25 people were injured including 11 security personnel and 14 civilians. The militants had carried out 26 attacks across the country in March 2022 in which 115 people were killed and 288 were injured.

Most of the attacks took place in erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) followed by main Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

PICSS recorded 16 militant attacks in erstwhile Fata in which 31 people were killed, including 21 security personnel, seven militants and three civilians, while 10 people were injured including six security personnel and four civilians.

In KP, militants carried out 10 attacks in which 17 people were killed, including 12 security personnel and five civilians, while six people got injured, of which three were civilian and three security personnel.

In Balochistan, four militant attacks left one security official and one civilian dead while five people were injured including one security official and four civilians.

In Sindh, four militant attacks took place in which four civilians and one militant was killed. The attacks in Karachi also included the suicide bombing of a Chinese teachers’ van at the University of Karachi.

In Punjab, no militant attack took place during the month.

Meanwhile, security forces carried out 22 actions against militants in which 11 suspected militants were arrested and 27 others were killed. Most of the arrests took place in Punjab.

Published in Dawn,May 3rd, 2022

https://www.dawn.com/news/1687960/april-saw-24pc-increase-in-militant-attacks-report
 
A grand jirga in South Waziristan on Friday formed a 35-member committee to broker talks between Pakistan Army and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan hours after the deadline given by security forces to evacuate the area in order to carry out an operation to cleanse it of threats expired.

The grand jirga of the Mehsud tribe was held in the political compound in which the leaders, including the youth and the people belonging to different walks of life, participated.

The army had given a deadline to the Mehsud tribe to evacuate the area so that they could conduct an operation.

At the jirga, they said: “We want peace in Waziristan and we will play the role of a negotiator between Pakistan Army and the TTP.”

They urged both the security forces and the TTP not to take any negative action for a month.

“We do not want the blood of Pakistan Army soldiers, TTP or civilians to be shed. We do not want any more mischief in the region. The struggle will continue till peace is acquired," they said.

They said that they had many more problems but would not reiterate them. “We will only talks about peace and order.”

Express Tribune
 
The ceasefire reached between the Pakistan Army and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on the account of Eidul Fitr has been extended by the latter for another five days.

There will be a ceasefire till May 15 between the two sides.

The TTP announced this in an order issued by its military commission on Tuesday. The militant outfit also warned its fighters against defying the order, directing them to avoid skirmishes with security forces till further orders.

According to the order, the ceasefire will remain in place till May 15 and new directives will be issued on May 16.

It may be noted here that the Taliban and the military had reached a ceasefire on account of Eid for 10 days. The terms and conditions of this truce have not been released either by the TTP or the military.

On May 7, a grand jirga in South Waziristan formed a 35-member committee to broker talks between the army and the TTP after the deadline given by security forces to evacuate the area in order to carry out an operation to cleanse it of threats expired.

The army had given a deadline to the Mehsud tribe to evacuate the area so that they could conduct an operation.

Express Tribune
 
The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has extended a ceasefire with the government of Pakistan in order to hold peace talks, AFP quoted two sources in the militant group as saying on Wednesday.

Since the Afghan Taliban surged back to power last year, TTP attacks on Pakistan soil saw an uptick.

Sources said that a TTP ceasefire, agreed for the Eid period, has now been extended until May 16.

A TTP letter outlining the truce tells fighters “not to violate the decision taken by the central command”.

Both sources said a team of Pakistani mediators has travelled to Afghanistan to meet the TTP leadership for talks facilitated by the Afghan Taliban.

However, Islamabad has not yet commented on the matter.

Last year, the PTI-led government of Imran Khan conducted peace negotiations with the TTP during a month-long ceasefire that eventually collapsed.

Islamabad has increasingly complained of attacks across the border from Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of Kabul in August, an issue that has become a source of diplomatic tension.

Last month Afghan officials said a Pakistani airstrike in eastern Afghanistan killed 47 people. Pakistan did not comment on the strike but urged Kabul to secure its border to prevent militant operations.

The Afghan Taliban called the assault a “cruelty” that “is paving the way for enmity between Afghanistan and Pakistan”.

In March, an Islamic State suicide bomber, who authorities say was an Afghan national, killed 64 people at a mosque in Peshawar.

Published in Dawn, May 12th, 2022

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Deeply saddened by the martyrdom of three soldiers of Pakistan Army & three children in a suicide attack in Miran Shah. Blood of our soldiers & citizens is a debt on us that we will repay by eradicating terrorism from our country. Heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. <a href="https://t.co/NLEFBlfTVi">pic.twitter.com/NLEFBlfTVi</a></p>— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) <a href="https://twitter.com/CMShehbaz/status/1525737578791845888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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2 most wanted TTP terrorists killed in North Waziristan: ISPR

Security forces killed two "important and most wanted" terrorists of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in North Waziristan district's Boya area, the military's media affairs wing said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that security forces and terrorists exchanged fire last night in the area during which the two militants were killed.

They were identified as commander Rasheed alias Jabir and Abdul Salam alias Chamtoo.

Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the killed terrorists, the ISPR said. The two had been actively involved in terrorist activities in the area, it added.

TTP attacks on Pakistan soil have of late seen an uptick.

The previous PTI government and the TTP had agreed to a month-long ceasefire to hold talks last year. However, the militant group had declined to extend the ceasefire after the one-month period ended, accusing the government of failing to honour the decisions reached earlier.

On March 30, the TTP announced the launch of Operation Al-Badar against law-enforcement agencies, which led to a surge in its attacks in tribal districts, southern region and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Last month, two TTP militants were killed in a raid in Dera Ismail Khan. They were identified as Khalil and Ehsan.

The police had said the slain terrorists were involved in attacks on security forces and several other sabotage activities, including an attack on a police mobile van, in which five policemen were martyred and seven others were injured.

Meanwhile, two TTP sources told AFP last week that the group had extended a ceasefire with the government, agreed for the Eid period, till May 16 to hold peace talks.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1690116/2-most-wanted-ttp-terrorists-killed-in-north-waziristan-ispr
 
Security forces killed two wanted terrorists of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during an operation in North Waziristan district's Boya area, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated in a press release on Tuesday.

According to the military's media wing, the operation took place between the night of May 16 and 17.

"The slain terrorists were identified as commander Rashid alias Jaber and Abdul Salam alias Chamto," the ISPR stated, adding that weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists.

The ISPR added that the militants were involved in various terrorist activities in the area.

On May 15, at least six people were martyred, including three Pakistani Army soldiers and as many children, in a suicide blast in the vicinity of Miranshah, North Waziristan, the ISPR said.

"Lance Havaldar Zubair Qadir (resident of Pakpatan, age 33 years) Sepoy Uzair Asfar (resident of Haripur, age 21 years) Sepoy Qasim Maqsood (resident of Multan, age 22 years) and 3 innocent children Ahmed Hassan (age 11 years), Ahsan (age 8 years), and Anum (age 4 years) embraced shahadat [martyrdom]," read the statement.

Read Don’t drag military into politics, warns ISPR

ISPR had added that intelligence agencies are conducting an investigation into the suicide bomber, his handlers and facilitators.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took to his official Twitter account to express his "heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families".

Express Tribune
 
MenInG said:
Security forces killed two wanted terrorists of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during an operation in North Waziristan district's Boya area, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated in a press release on Tuesday.

According to the military's media wing, the operation took place between the night of May 16 and 17.

"The slain terrorists were identified as commander Rashid alias Jaber and Abdul Salam alias Chamto," the ISPR stated, adding that weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists.

The ISPR added that the militants were involved in various terrorist activities in the area.

On May 15, at least six people were martyred, including three Pakistani Army soldiers and as many children, in a suicide blast in the vicinity of Miranshah, North Waziristan, the ISPR said.

"Lance Havaldar Zubair Qadir (resident of Pakpatan, age 33 years) Sepoy Uzair Asfar (resident of Haripur, age 21 years) Sepoy Qasim Maqsood (resident of Multan, age 22 years) and 3 innocent children Ahmed Hassan (age 11 years), Ahsan (age 8 years), and Anum (age 4 years) embraced shahadat [martyrdom]," read the statement.

Read Don’t drag military into politics, warns ISPR

ISPR had added that intelligence agencies are conducting an investigation into the suicide bomber, his handlers and facilitators.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took to his official Twitter account to express his "heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families".

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Good to see Pakistan responding to TTP's terrorism. If this was IK, he would have asked them to meet up for chai under the guise of "peace talks".

Pakistan cannot progress by negotiating with terrorists, so good to see the PDM to address this head on.
 
Hate to be pedantic, but the way the whole couple against Khan happened, I have a feeling Bajwa and Co are keeping groups like BLA and TTP entertained.
 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has agreed to extend the ceasefire with Pakistan till May 30 following a meeting with a Pakistani delegation led by Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Faiz Hameed at Kabul’s Serena Hotel this week.

In addition to the Pakistani military delegation that included officials of the Military Intelligence (MI) and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the terror outfit also held talks with Mehsud and Malakand jirgas to reach a peace deal amid an increase in terror incidents in the tribal districts bordering Afghanistan.

Sources close to the development told The Express Tribune that Gen Hameed-led delegation held direct talks with the TTP top leadership on the assurances of the Haqqani Network. “The Pakistani military and later the Mesud and Malakand jirgas have held separate meetings in the compound since Monday,” the sources added.

In its meeting with the military leadership, the Taliban put forth a series of demands in exchange for a ceasefire. The Taliban's demands included the release of their commanders, including the mid-stage commanders facing life terms and death sentences, financial support to militants repatriated from Afghanistan, and a general amnesty for the families of the Taliban fighters.

Read Afghan Taliban push for Pakistan-TTP peace deal

The Taliban also demanded an end to military operations in North and South Waziristan tribal districts along with an end to search operations in the merged tribal districts. The Pakistani military told the Taliban to cease cross-border attacks, extend the ceasefire, and let the fencing along the Pak-Afghan border continue.

Similarly, a 32-member delegation of the Mehsud tribe met the TTP leadership in Khost. The meeting also included a 16-member committee comprising representatives from other districts to take up their demands with the TTP.

It may be noted here that on May 7 a grand jirga in South Waziristan formed a 35-member committee to broker talks between the army and the TTP. The army had given a deadline to the Mehsud tribe to evacuate the area so that they could conduct an operation.

TTP spokesperson confirms meetings

TTP spokesman Muhammad Khurasani acknowledged the meetings and disclosed that on demands of the tribal elders the ceasefire with the Pakistani forces had been extended to May 30.

On May 10, the TTP announced a five-day extension in the ceasefire reached between the Pakistan Army and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on account of Eidul Fitr.

The TTP had also warned its fighters against defying the order, directing them to avoid skirmishes with security forces till further orders.

Express Tribune
 
A United Nations Security Council report has reminded about the persistent threat Pakistan’s security faces from the Afghanistan-based Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and warned that prospects of success of the ongoing peace process were bleak.

The annual report of the 1988 Taliban sanctions committee monitoring team noted TTP’s linkages with Afghan Taliban, explained how the group benefitted from the fall of Ghani regime last year and touched upon its relations with other terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan.

The banned TTP, the report noted, had up to 4,000 fighters based in east and south-east areas along Afghanistan-Pakistan border and made up the largest group of foreign fighters based there.

This was the team’s first report for the committee since the Taliban takeover of Kabul last year. Its original focus was on Taliban’s internal politics, its finances, relations with Al-Qaeda, Daesh, and other terrorist groups, and the implementation of the UNSC sanctions.


Report by UNSC sanctions committee on Afghan Taliban says banned group remains persistent threat to Pakistan’s security

The report’s launch coincided with the start of the third round of talks between Pakistan government and TTP last Thursday.

The first round of talks, held late last year, had yielded a month long ceasefire that later broke down after TTP accused Islamabad of not fulfilling promises. TTP subsequently resumed attacks against Pakistani forces and statistics tabulated by the Pakistan Institute of Peace Studies reveal that this year, it carried out nearly 46 attacks, mostly against law enforcement personnel, in which 79 people lost their lives.

Read more: 24 law-enforcement officials martyred in TTP attacks since late last month in KP

On March 30, TTP, while emulating Afghan Taliban’s strategy during the US war in Afghanistan, announced a ‘Spring Offensive’ against security forces here.

The peace process, which is being facilitated by Taliban interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, meanwhile, resumed earlier this month after both sides took confidence building measures. TTP, first announced a ceasefire on the occasion of Eid, and later extended it after Pakistan released couple of its (TTP) commanders, who were then on death row. The round, in which the Pakistani delegation was led by Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Faiz Hamid, ended with both sides presenting their set of demands.

TTP demanded withdrawal of security forces from erstwhile tribal areas, annulment of merger of FATA with Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province, withdrawal of cases against its fighters and their release, and introduction of Shariah based ‘Nizam-e-Adl’ in Malakand Division.

Although security forces here say that these demands are unacceptable and their acceptance would mean capitulation of the State, but still the government delegation has entered into the third round of talks. The top priority for the government side in the latest round is to secure extension in ceasefire, which is expiring on May 30.

The Pakistani side has, however, maintained complete silence on the talks.

The UN report has warned that “The group (TTP) is focused on a long-term campaign against the Pakistani state”, which implies “that ceasefire deals have a limited chance of success”.

It importantly noted that TTP, which has recently been reinvigorated through the return of 17 splinter groups into its fold, feels that maintaining a hardline position in talks with Pakistan government would help maintaining unity in its ranks.

Sirajuddin Haqqani, whose Haqqani Network is said to be independent of the grouping within Afghan Taliban, has been “relied upon more than anyone else in the de facto administration” to act as an intermediary this process, which highlights the influence that he holds over TTP and other Pashtun groups.

The report observed that as compared to other foreign militant groups, TTP was the biggest beneficiary of last year’s Taliban takeover and used this opportunity for conducting attacks and operations in Pakistan.

“TTP also continues to exist as a stand-alone force, rather than feeling pressure to merge its fighters into Afghan Taliban units, as is the prospect for most foreign terrorist fighters,” it further said.

Published in Dawn, May 29th, 2022
 
The government of Pakistan and the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have agreed to extend the ceasefire, this time, indefinitely and continue negotiations to find an end to the nearly two decades of militancy in the tribal border region, it has been reliably learnt.

The extension in ceasefire, which was to come to an end last night, indicates significant progress in talks between the two sides in the Afghan capital Kabul, sources familiar with the development said.

Sources told Dawn that the two sides had agreed to extend the ceasefire and continue peace talks following separate meetings with Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund, Acting Prime Minister of the ‘Islamic Emerate of Afghanistan (IEA)’ at his office the other day.

These sources said that in his meetings with the two sides, the soft-spoken septuagenarian leader expressed his desire that the talks and ceasefire should be allowed to continue without any cut-off date.

Afghan Taliban’s acting PM Mullah Akhund helping with ‘peace talks’

In a subsequent joint meeting, the two sides agreed to extend the ceasefire indefinitely and pursue negotiations to end the conflict that has seen mass dislocation and killings of thousands of people in Pakistan’s tribal region and the country at large.

IEA spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid and TTP spokesman Muhammad Khurasani had issued statements early this month, announcing extension in the ceasefire till May 30.

No official statement has been issued so far regarding the indefinite extension in ceasefire but Dawn has been able to get confirmation of this significant development.

The development follows days of “intense and extensive negotiations” in the Afghan capital attended by senior level delegations from the two sides that at one point seemed close to breakdown.

IEA’s Acting Minister for Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is the central mediator, helped bring the talks back on track, sources said.

The GoP, sources said, had demonstrated its seriousness by acceding to some of the TTP’s demands and after the IEA suggested it would be important for confidence-building to move from preliminaries to formal and structured negotiations.

The release of prisoners and presidential pardon to two key militant commanders, including TTP Swat spokesman Muslim Khan, was one such demand.

Compensation for the dead and wounded, enforcement of Shariah regulation in Malakand, withdrawal of military from the borders and reversal of Fata merger into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were key demands from the TTP side, these sources said.

The Shariah Nizam-i-Adl Regulation, 2009 is still operational in Malakand division. The law was enacted following marathon negotiations with the late Maulana Sufi Muhammad.

The GoP, these sources said, had no issue with some of the TTP’s demand, but two major issues remained challenging: the reversal of Fata merger and the disbandment of the TTP as an armed militant group.

The GoP delegates made it clear that the merger brought about through a constitutional amendment was not up for discussion and that tribal people were the main, important stakeholders.

The TTP on its part had brought documents containing the commitment made by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah with the tribal people guaranteeing their autonomy in an independent Pakistan.

They were told that the reversal of the merger would mean return to the Frontier Crimes Regulation which was a relic of the British Empire and did not contain anything that could be considered ‘Islamic.’ They were asked to identify laws that had been enacted post-merger which they deemed to be in contravention of their customs or the ‘riwaj.’

Besides, the 25th Constitutional Amendment that brought about Fata’s merger into KP is pending before a larger bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since March, 2022 on a petition filed by some tribal elders opposed to it.

The disbandment of the TTP is another make-or-break issue, these sources said. The government delegation has made it plain that no armed group would be allowed to enter Pakistan territory or operate as such. Options are being discussed and the IEA is fully on-board in this regard.

The next round of negotiations is expected to take place in the second week of June, sources said, with a tribal jirga holding direct talks with the TTP in Kabul.

Published in Dawn, May 31st, 2022
 
A grand tribal jirga arrived in Kabul on Wednesday morning to join the ongoing talks between the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Pakistan government to press for an agreement to end years of violence.

Former governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shaukatullah Khan, who is part of the jirga, told Dawn.com that the jirga's role is “very important” in view of tribal traditions that are respected by both sides.

“We are hopeful our efforts will produce results,” he said.

Khan, who belongs to Bajaur tribal district, said over 50 people are part of the jirga, including a federal minister, representatives from the KP government and tribal elders.

Federal Minister Sajid Hussain Turi, who hails from Kurram tribal district, and Special Adviser to the KP Chief Minister for Information Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif are part of the jirga, he revealed.

Previously, the jirga was mainly composed of people from South Waziristan and included elders from Malakand Division. However, this time, a tribal elder from the Khyber district, Shaji Gul Afridi, has also been made part of the jirga, Khan added.

The Afghan Taliban government is mediating between the TTP and the government of Pakistan.

A Pakistani official in Kabul told Dawn.com that the talks had “entered a serious phase” with some progress. The official, who wanted to remain anonymous, declined to provide more details at this stage.

The jirga arrived in Kabul on Wednesday morning, Pakistani sources told Dawn.com.

Dawn reported on Tuesday that the TTP and the Pakistani side have agreed on an indefinite ceasefire that is considered a major confidence-building measure to take the process forward.

TTP spokesman Mohammad Khurasani did not deny the report about the ceasefire but said a formal decision is expected either today or tomorrow.

The earlier ceasefire expired on May 30.

Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid did not respond to a Dawn.com query about the current round of talks. He had, however, confirmed last month that talks were being held in Kabul, saying the Islamic Emirate played the role of a mediator.

In a series of tweets, Mujahid had reported “significant progress” in the talks and also shared that a ceasefire had been agreed upon.

“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, in good faith, is making efforts to take the process forward. We hope that both sides will be accommodating and show flexibility,” he had said last month.

Reports had also emerged about the release of two key TTP leaders, Muslim Khan and Mahmood Khan, and their subsequent handover to the Afghan Taliban. Both leaders were on the list of over 100 detainees, the release of whom is one of the group's key demands.

There was no confirmation about the release of the two key leaders by both the TTP and the government.

Muslim Khan, who had served as the TTP spokesman in Swat, was arrested in 2009 and later awarded the death penalty in 2016. The army chief had confirmed his death sentence.

Reports say that he was pardoned through a presidential decree.

DAWN
 
The government will be sending a delegation of religious scholars to Afghanistan to soften the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) after a tribal Jirga could not go beyond convincing the group to extend a ceasefire in negotiations brokered by the Taliban regime in Kabul, The Express Tribune has learnt.

The 13-member delegation would comprise religious scholars from renowned seminaries of country and it would be travelling to the Afghan capital within a few days, according to sources.

Mufti Taqi Usmani is tipped to head the delegation which would also include Ulema from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa having strong connections with the Haqqani Network, which is mediating the current negotiation process between the Pakistan government and the TTP.

The Ulema delegation would have a face-to-face meeting with the TTP leadership in Kabul.

The Ulema would also seek to enlist the help of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the interim interior minister of Afghanistan, to make the truce more effective.

The delegation would try to convince the TTP to give up their demand for the rollback of erstwhile FATA reforms which have been approved by Pakistan’s parliament and to shun their purported “jihad” against the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

The current negotiation process, according to Pakistan’s information minister, has the backing of the civil and military leaders. However, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and his party say parliament should be taken into confidence on this new initiative.

A spokesperson for the TTP has also confirmed to The Express Tribune that a delegation of Pakistani religious scholars would be travelling to Kabul soon for a meeting with the TTP leaders. He did not give further details.


https://tribune.com.pk/story/2361854/pakistani-ulema-to-visit-kabul-in-a-bid-to-soften-ttp
 
Talks between Pakistan and the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have not yet been concluded as contrary to reports the two sides have yet to find a common ground on key issues.

Last Saturday the Afghan Taliban spokesperson told reporters in Kabul that the talks between Pakistan and the TTP concluded, hoping for a positive outcome of the negotiations.

There was, however, no confirmation of the statement from Pakistan on the reported development.

A senior Pakistan official, who is dealing with the matter, told The Express Tribune that the talks have yet to complete as some of the key issues still needed to be ironed out. The official, who requested anonymity, said some of the TTP demands including undoing the FATA merger were the sticking points.

Nevertheless, the official said Pakistan was still giving peace a chance but offered guarded optimism about the final outcome.

The renewed push for peace deal between Pakistan and the TTP came from the Afghan Taliban government in April when there was spike in cross border terrorist attacks.

Pakistan reportedly carried out airstrikes to deter the TTP from carrying out further attacks while at the same time issued a clear warning to the Kabul administration that it would not tolerate further attacks from across the border.

The air strikes coupled with the threatening message compelled the interim Afghan Taliban government to bring the TTP on the negotiating table with Pakistan.

First, a Pakistani security delegation led by Peshawar Corps Commander Lt General Faiz Hameed held face to face talks with the TTP leadership in Kabul and later a tribal jirga comprising politicians and others visited Afghanistan.

The flurry of visits led to the TTP announcing a ceasefire for an indefinite period.

Pakistan as a confidence building measure released some TTP prisoners but the militant outfit has put forward several other demands including restoration of old status of tribal areas, allowing the TTP militants to keep their weapons and monetary compensation.

The official said the undoing of the FATA merger was the main sticking point since it was not possible without constitutional amendment.

Initially it was thought the current government was not on board on talks with the TTP but later the information minister said the government was part of the negotiating team.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), a key coalition partner, has expressed reservations over the secrecy surrounding the talks with the TTP. For this purpose it constituted a committee to look into the matter.

PPP Chairman Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari insisted that the issue must be discussed and debated in parliament.

Parliamentary Committee on NSC huddle

Meanwhile, the federal government has convened an in-camera meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security to discuss the likely deal with the TTP.

It is believed that the army chief and the DG ISI will brief the members of parliament about the progress so far made in the talks and explain the rationale behind initiating dialogue with the outlawed group.

Pakistan hoped that the return of the Afghan Taliban to power would address its security concerns. Instead the number of terrorist attacks has shown an increase. This year alone over 120 Pakistani security officials embraced martyrdom because of the cross border terrorist attacks carried out by the TTP.

Observers believe that the Afghan Taliban are reluctant to act against the TTP since both fought against the US-led foreign forces.

“The Afghan Taliban will have to eventually choose between the TTP and Pakistan,” the official warned. The official said logic demands that the Afghan Taliban would prefer Pakistan over the TTP given its economic and other interests are so intertwined with the neighbouring country.

Sensing the importance of Pakistan, the Taliban spokesperson made it clear that even if talks with the TTP failed, the Kabul administration would not allow the militant group to use the Afghan soil against Pakistan.

Express Tribune
 
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Wednesday said a meeting on national security, attended by civil and military leadership, had decided that the talks with the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) will be held only under the framework of the Constitution.

He made the statement at a press conference after the meeting in Islamabad, and said it was also decided that an in-camera briefing will be held on the matter and later the prime minister will brief the parliament.

"The talks [with the TTP] will be taken forward under the guidance of parliament," Sanaullah added.

The outlawed TTP had on June 2 announced an "indefinite ceasefire" in view of the "substantial progress" made in talks with the Pakistani government during a round of meetings in Kabul.

The announcement, made by TTP spokesman Mohammad Khorasani, had come a day after a 50-member Pakistani tribal jirga — including a federal minister, representatives from the KP government and tribal elders — joined the peace talks.

According to a statement issued after the meeting today, the institutions "responsible for national security" briefed the committee on the overall security situation of the country. The meeting was apprised of internal and external threats and the measures being taken by the agencies to handle the security situation.

The meeting was informed that talks were underway with the TTP, facilitated by the government of Afghanistan, in which a government-led committee comprising civil and military representatives were negotiating within the framework of the Constitution of Pakistan.

"The decision in this regard will be made in the light of the Constitution, and with the approval of parliament, which will also provide guidance for the future and strike consensus on the matter," the meeting was told.

The officials were also briefed on administrative matters pertaining to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. During the briefing, the participants were informed that Pakistan had played a very responsible and positive role for peace and stability in the neighbouring country.

"Pakistan will continue its constructive role for peace and stability in Afghanistan. It is hoped that the territory of Afghanistan would not be allowed to be used against Pakistan," the statement added.

It was stated in the meeting that Pakistan's efforts and sacrifices in the war against terrorism were recognised by the world and the unparalleled sacrifices of the Pakistani nation and the armed forces helped bring normalcy back to the country. "There is no structure of organised terrorism in any part of Pakistan."

According to the statement, the political leadership expressed satisfaction over the strategy and progress made in dealing with the issue.

Last year, the PTI-led government of Imran Khan conducted peace negotiations with the TTP during a month-long ceasefire that eventually collapsed.

Islamabad has increasingly complained of attacks across the border from Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of Kabul in August, an issue that has become a source of diplomatic tension.

In March, Afghan officials said a Pakistani airstrike in eastern Afghanistan killed 47 people. Pakistan did not comment on the strike but urged Kabul to secure its border to prevent militant operations.

The Afghan Taliban called the assault a “cruelty” that “is paving the way for enmity between Afghanistan and Pakistan”.

In March, militant organisation Islamic State suicide bomber, who authorities say was an Afghan national, killed 64 people at a mosque in Peshawar.

DAWN
 
MenInG said:
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Wednesday said a meeting on national security, attended by civil and military leadership, had decided that the talks with the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) will be held only under the framework of the Constitution.

He made the statement at a press conference after the meeting in Islamabad, and said it was also decided that an in-camera briefing will be held on the matter and later the prime minister will brief the parliament.

"The talks [with the TTP] will be taken forward under the guidance of parliament," Sanaullah added.

The outlawed TTP had on June 2 announced an "indefinite ceasefire" in view of the "substantial progress" made in talks with the Pakistani government during a round of meetings in Kabul.

The announcement, made by TTP spokesman Mohammad Khorasani, had come a day after a 50-member Pakistani tribal jirga — including a federal minister, representatives from the KP government and tribal elders — joined the peace talks.

According to a statement issued after the meeting today, the institutions "responsible for national security" briefed the committee on the overall security situation of the country. The meeting was apprised of internal and external threats and the measures being taken by the agencies to handle the security situation.

The meeting was informed that talks were underway with the TTP, facilitated by the government of Afghanistan, in which a government-led committee comprising civil and military representatives were negotiating within the framework of the Constitution of Pakistan.

"The decision in this regard will be made in the light of the Constitution, and with the approval of parliament, which will also provide guidance for the future and strike consensus on the matter," the meeting was told.

The officials were also briefed on administrative matters pertaining to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. During the briefing, the participants were informed that Pakistan had played a very responsible and positive role for peace and stability in the neighbouring country.

"Pakistan will continue its constructive role for peace and stability in Afghanistan. It is hoped that the territory of Afghanistan would not be allowed to be used against Pakistan," the statement added.

It was stated in the meeting that Pakistan's efforts and sacrifices in the war against terrorism were recognised by the world and the unparalleled sacrifices of the Pakistani nation and the armed forces helped bring normalcy back to the country. "There is no structure of organised terrorism in any part of Pakistan."

According to the statement, the political leadership expressed satisfaction over the strategy and progress made in dealing with the issue.

Last year, the PTI-led government of Imran Khan conducted peace negotiations with the TTP during a month-long ceasefire that eventually collapsed.

Islamabad has increasingly complained of attacks across the border from Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of Kabul in August, an issue that has become a source of diplomatic tension.

In March, Afghan officials said a Pakistani airstrike in eastern Afghanistan killed 47 people. Pakistan did not comment on the strike but urged Kabul to secure its border to prevent militant operations.

The Afghan Taliban called the assault a “cruelty” that “is paving the way for enmity between Afghanistan and Pakistan”.

In March, militant organisation Islamic State suicide bomber, who authorities say was an Afghan national, killed 64 people at a mosque in Peshawar.

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Says the qatil who is accused by his own party members father of 18 murders, in addition to the live shooting and murder of women in Model Town in 2014 which was witnessed live on tv channels,yet he was first law minister and now interior minister.

I cannot think of a single country which will surrender to 2 families of thieves and traitors in such a meek manner.
 
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has termed the demands of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) pertaining to the reversal of Fata merger and military withdrawal from tribal areas bordering Afghanistan as against the Constitution, saying that “talks are possible with only those who are willing to surrender their arms”.

In May, 2018, the National Assembly had paved the way for the merger of Fata with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
During an interview with a local media outlet, the security czar clarified that names of terrorists linked to the Army Public School attack would never be considered for pardon.

Shedding light on the strength of the TTP fighters, Sanaullah said the proscribed terrorist group comprised at least 4,000 to 5,000 members.

“If Afghanistan’s political leaders will be in attendance then politicians from our side will also take part in the talks,” he said, emphasising that it was yet to be seen what kind of people would take part in the discussions from the other side.

Read Senators seek clarity over negotiations with TTP

The interior minister also said the outcome of the talks would take a few months instead of weeks, insisting that the military and civil leadership were on the same page regarding the TTP not to be allowed to take up any arms otherwise the “state won’t shy away from a fight”.

Sanaullah maintained that the military leadership had given assurance on possessing the capacity and power to sort out the prevailing issues with the TTP effectively.

He concluded that interference of foreign elements could not be ruled out in terrorist attacks across the country. “Some forces behind the TTP do not want peace in the country.”

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2363095/sanaullah-says-ttps-fata-demand-against-constitution
 
The proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has categorically stated that the insurgent group would not back down from its demand for the reversal of the merger of erstwhile Fata with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

“Our demands are clear and especially the reversal of Fata merger with KP is our primary demand which the group cannot back down from,” said Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, chief of the outlawed group during an interview with a YouTuber. The interview, which was made available on YouTube on Wednesday, has been apparently conducted somewhere in Kabul.

Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah had recently ruled out the reversal of Fata merger with KP which was done through a constitutional amendment in 2018.

Negotiations between the government of Pakistan and TTP have been held in Kabul under the auspices of the Afghan Taliban’s interim government in the neighbouring country. A 57-member jirga comprising elders of major tribes and clans from KP visited Kabul and held talks with the TTP leaders.

TTP had announced ceasefire for an indefinite period. However, security forces kept conducting search and strike operations against militants in the region, particularly in North Waziristan district. Similarly, attacks on security forces also continued.

With an automatic assault rifle kept by his side, the proscribed group chief said that negotiations between the TTP and the government were in progress but no major breakthrough had been made so far.

“The talks have yet to reach a conclusion,” said Noor Wali, sporting a traditional black turban. He belongs to South Waziristan and has moved to Kabul for holding talks with the government.

He claimed that Corps Commander Peshawar Lt Gen Faiz Hameed was representing the Pakistan government in talks while from the TTP he was leading its delegation.

He said the Afghan Taliban were hosting and facilitating the negotiations. He said if the government showed “seriousness”, then a breakthrough in talks would be possible. He confirmed that the government had released some prisoners, but at the same time, ‘our colleagues are also being arrested’.

“This non-serious attitude on the part of the government can affect the negotiations,” he cautioned. He ruled out the dissolution of the TTP. “A demand which affects the credibility of the movement will be unacceptable to us,” asserted Noor Wali, adding that “appropriate demands” could come under discussion during the negotiations.

Published in Dawn, June 30th, 2022
 
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