Taliban assure it won’t allow TTP to use Afghan land against Islamabad: Pakistan government
The Hindu
The minister’s remarks came amidst a media report that Pakistan has handed over to Taliban a list of “most wanted terrorists” linked to the TTP.
Pakistan’s interior minister on Monday said that the Afghan Taliban have assured the government that it would not allow their soil to be used against it by Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)militants, amidst reports that several hardcore TTP terrorists have been released in Afghanistan after the insurgents seized Kabul. The TTP, commonly known as Pakistani Taliban, is a banned militant group based along the Afghan-Pakistan border. It has carried out a number of major terror attacks across Pakistan and reportedly been using Afghan soil to plot terrorist attacks in this country. Addressing a press conference, Pakistan interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that the government has taken note of the reports that the Afghan Taliban have set free some TTP militants, including its leading commander Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, after taking over the war-torn country, and it is in “full contact” with the Taliban on the issue.More Related News