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| Taliban In Pakistan To Fight for 'Greater Afghanistan' |
| 2021-08-15 |
| [LOKMAT] "According to the teachings of Islam, victory of one Muslim necessarily helpful to another Muslim. How Taliban control of Afghanistan will help Pakistani Taliban, time will tell," said the most elusive chief of UN designated terror organisation TTP Noor Wali Mehsud to CNN in an interview. The dreaded militant leader has a plan in place after the Taliban's takeover of Kabul. He told the channel that the TTP is fighting along with the Taliban in Afghanistan, but the group's main "goal" is to have its "own" independent country. "Our fight is only in Pakistan and we are at war with the Pakistani forces. We are firmly hoping to take control of Pakistani border regions and make them independent," declared Mehsud from his unclosed hideout in Waziristan near the Durand Line, the disputed border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. TTP's stated objectives are the expulsion of Islamabad's influence in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and neighbouring Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan. Besides, the implementation of a strict interpretation of sharia throughout Pakistan, and the expulsion of Coalition troops from Afghanistan is part of the TTP's playbook. TTP leaders also publicly say that the group seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate in Pakistan that would require the overthrow of the Pakistani Government. TTP has historically maintained close ties to senior al-Qaeda leaders, including Osama Bin Laden. Page 2 "The TTP is targeting Pakistani Army personnel and CPEC and they are being bolstered by the Afghan Taliban, who want to show their power in territories on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border to assert its power and influence," says one Pakistani analyst. Meanwhile, the growing popularity of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement PTM) is a matter of concern for the TTP and the Pakistani rulers. PTM is a secular, democratic movement of young Pashtuns demanding restoration of peace and tranquillity in the tribal areas of restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA. PTM holds Pakistan Army responsible for gross human rights violations in the garb of successive counter terrorist operations in the tribal areas. On Tuesday, the PTM, which has strongholds in Pakistan's tribal areas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, and parts of Karachi, organised the "jalsa" in support of the peace and stability in Afghanistan Related: Noor Wali Mehsud: 2021-07-29 Resurgent Terror Noor Wali Mehsud: 2021-07-28 Taliban victory in Afghanistan is victory of entire Muslims: TTP leader Noor Wali Mehsud: 2021-02-18 Security Forces Gun Down 3 Terrorists in an Encounter in North Waziristan: ISPR Related: Pashtun Tahafuz Movement: 2020-05-05 PTM leader Arif Wazir dies after being attacked in Wana Pashtun Tahafuz Movement: 2019-09-19 MNAs Ali Wazir, Mohsin Dawar make bail in Kharqamar attack case Pashtun Tahafuz Movement: 2018-06-05 Ismatullah Muavia sending terrorists to Afghanistan and Kashmir: Nabil |
| Posted by:Dron66046 |
| #2 ^^^ Amen |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2021-08-15 23:53 |
| #1 The government of Pakistan — or rather the ISI for the army of Pakistan, which owns the government — has worked very hard over the decades to achieve this result. Let us hope they drink this cup to the very dregs, leaving not even a single drop unswallowed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-08-15 22:30 |