The report also notes that there was evidence that several global terrorist entities are using the TTP as cover to evade restrictions of the Afghan Taliban, adding that greater restrictions over such groups could push them to join Islamic State of Khorasan (ISKP).
The Afghan Taliban has renewed its call for peace talks between Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Pakistan as Islamabad's efforts to persuade Kabul to take action against the terrorist group failed, reported The Express Tribune.
The top military brass of Pakistan has said that the sanctuaries of Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) in Afghanistan are majorly impacting the security of the country, Geo News reported.
“The sanctuaries and liberty of action available to the terrorists of proscribed TTP and other groups of that ilk in a neighbouring country and availability of latest weapons to the terrorists were noted as major reasons impacting the security of Pakistan,” read the statement issued by the I
This comes after the armed forces of Pakistan voiced their serious concerns regarding the safe havens and freedom of movement enjoyed by the TTP within Afghanistan.
The military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement on Friday said: “Armed Forces of Pakistan have serious concerns on the safe havens and liberty of action available to TTP [Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan] in Afghanistan.”
A Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) 'operative' was killed in a firing incident in the Naourang district of Lakki Marwat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ARY News reported.
According to analysts, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) urge to control the country's south threatens to be a huge problem for restoring multibillion-dollar infrastructure projects under China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRO), reported Nikkei Asia.
The security forces in the Dara Adam Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killed banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Zafar Khan along with his two group members during an Intelligence-Based Operation (IBO) on Sunday, Geo News reported.
The UNSC report said that the Taliban under the leadership of Hibatullah Akhundzada has "reverted to the exclusionary, Pashtun-centred, autocratic policies of the Taliban administration of the late 1990s."
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said that the decision has been taken to assure Pakistan that refugees are not involved in attacks against the Pakistani government.