World News | Pakistan’s MoS urges Taliban to tackle resurgence of banned equipment TTP

kabul [Afghanistan]May 13 (ANI): Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday urged the Taliban to address the resurgence of the banned group Taliban Movement in Pakistan (TTP), Tolo News reported.

Engagement with the Afghan interim government was “predicated” on the TTP issue, she said.

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“The engagement with the Afghan interim government that is currently in Afghanistan is premised on this issue (TTP). They told us they don’t think Pakistanis should be shed blood, but that’s just lip service. They should prove something because we Capable of fighting TTP,” she said.

Since talks with the outlawed Pakistani Taliban (TTP) collapsed last November, the group has intensified attacks, particularly targeting the KP and police in areas bordering Afghanistan.

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Karr’s statement came after Taliban deputy spokesman Bilal Karimi denied the existence of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) in Afghanistan and said Afghan territory was not a threat to any country, according to Tolo News.

“It will not allow any country or element to harm other countries from the soil of Afghanistan. Such elements and groups do not exist on our soil,” Karimi said.

The security situation in the country has deteriorated over the past few months, with terrorist groups carrying out attacks across the country with little impunity, Dawn newspaper reported.

Earlier this month, experts warned in a discussion that the TTP was forging links with Baloch separatists and local militant groups based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces — — a development that could exacerbate the already precarious security situation in the country.

Four soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack along the Pakistani border in the Jalgai district of Kech district in Baluchistan province on April 1, Dawn newspaper reported.

On March 10, security forces killed five terrorists during intelligence operations (IBO) in North Waziristan and South Waziristan. On March 8, six terrorists were killed by security forces in an IBO in the Datta Khel general area of ​​North Waziristan.

January 2023 remains one of the deadliest months since July 2018, with 134 people killed — a 139% jump — and according to statistics released by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies, an Islamabad-based think tank. “Dawn” reported that at least 44 armed attacks across the country left 254 people injured.

Political analysts say the interim government can play an important role in addressing the challenges facing Pakistan.

“TTP is considered a force in Pakistan. Also, the politics of Pakistan and Afghanistan are not centered on transparency and common interests, so the Islamic Emirate may not be interested in it,” said political analyst Saeed Mouk Dam Amin said. (Arnie)

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