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13 Oct

Pakistan’s monster turns on its master: TLP now the new TTP for the establishment

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) First Lahore and now Muridke, the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has become a new headache for the Pakistan establishment following violent clashes in which scores have died. The TLP has had violent clashes with the Pakistan security establishment over the last week. Last week, Lahore witnessed violent clashes between the TLP members and the security establishment in Pakistan. On Sunday, the security establishment clashed with TLP leaders in Muridke, in which 13 persons lost their lives. What has left officials in India confused is the clashes that are taking place between the TLP and the Pakistan…

29 Jul

UNSC report analyses TTP’s increased momentum after Taliban’s return to power

Islamabad, July 28, A report compiled by a UN Security Council (UNSC) monitoring committee has shed light on the resurgence of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist group and regrouping inside Pakistan, specifically after the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan The report highlighted that the TTP has gained considerable momentum in its efforts to regain control on the tribal areas of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan as it has gained encouragement by the fall of Kabul and the “under the umbrella” support it has been able to get on its cross-border coordination. “Member states assess that the TTP is gaining momentum in…

06 Jan

Pak rejects reports of carrying out airstrikes against TTP in Afghanistan

Islamabad, Jan 6 (IANS) The Foreign Office (FO) in Islamabad has categorically rejected reports claiming that Pakistan had carried out airstrikes against the terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in eastern Afghanistan, terming such claims "utterly baseless and malicious". The FO statement came hours after an Afghan newspaper, Hasht-e-Subh Daily, reported that Pakistan launched an air strike on TTP strongholds in the Nangarhar province, and bombed targets in the Salala neighbourhood in the vicinity of Gushta district, The Express Tribune reported. While responding to media queries, FO Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch dismissed the report. The claims of air strikes from Pakistan in…

20 Dec

Pakistan: Militants holed up in Bannu counter terror compound killed

Bannu, Dec 20 (INS) Security forces have gunned down the terrorists holding hostages inside the Counter-Terrorism Department's (CTD) compound in Bannu in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Forces are however further combing the area to search for and neutralise any terror threats still hiding out there, security sources told Geo News on Tuesday. The fierce exchange of fire left several security men injured, according to sources, Geo News reported. The forces had launched an operation to free the hostages taken by militants in the compound earlier today. Officials, privy to the development, shared that a clearance operation is underway. Geo News…