A spokesman for tribal militants in South Waziristan on Wednesday denied reports that commander Mulla Nazir Ahmed had been “expelled” from the Taliban movement for killing Uzbek militants.“This is propaganda against the ameer (commander) and he still enjoys the support of the Taliban,” the spokesman told Daily Times following a foreign radio report, also picked up by the Pakistani Urdu press, that quoted an unnamed source as claiming that Mulla Nazir had been expelled from the movement. The spokesman said the uprising against the Uzbek militants was “indigenous” because the Ahmedzai Wazir tribe’s patience was being tested by the “unbecoming behaviour” of their guests. Mulla Nazir led an uprising against the Uzbeks in March dislodging hundreds of Uzbek militants from Wana and its surrounding areas after complaints of target-killing, kidnapping for ransom and other crimes against the Uzbeks grew.