The Pakistan government has issued a nationwide alert to authorities to take care of “extreme vigilance” amid a heightened risk of terrorist attacks by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) after peace talks with the dreaded terror group have stalled, a media report mentioned on Thursday.
The federal government mentioned it had learnt that the TTP excessive command met lately in Paktika, Afghanistan, to debate the impasse in peace talks and the destiny of the negotiations with the Pakistani government after the killing of TTP commanders Omar Khalid Khorasani and Aftab Parkay.
The letter urged all authorities in 4 provinces to intensify safety and train enhanced vigilance to keep away from any untoward incident, the Ministry of Interior mentioned in an announcement, instructing forces that focused search and strike missions be carried out wherever militant exercise is reported.
In a letter circulated final month, the Ministry of Interior warned that greater than year-long peace negotiations between the TTP and the government of Pakistan “had come to a standstill”, which has led to unease inside the TTP’s ranks, the Dawn newspaper reported.
It famous that the TTP accuses the Pakistani government of failing to fulfil its major demand – the reversal of the merger of former Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – in addition to persevering with to detain TTP members whereas a truce was nonetheless being negotiated.
The letter was addressed to the house and chief secretaries of the 4 provinces in addition to the Islamabad chief commissioner, the report mentioned.
The ministry warned that the terror group or its splinter factions may additionally search to escalate terrorist actions within the coming days to avenge the killing of their commanders and to indicate energy in case there isn’t any additional progress in peace negotiations.
The discover mentioned the TTP high brass, fearing a whole breakdown of the talks, determined to maneuver their households to safe locations as they feared Pakistani safety forces would launch a kinetic operation in case of failure of talks.
Some of the militants’ households could also be moved to Karachi and its adjoining areas, the discover warned.
The inside ministry additionally took grave discover of stories that TTP mil-itants try to mig-rate to North and South Waziris-tan from Afghanistan to arrange camp for future attacks. It desc-r-ibed stories of the arrival of TTP militants in areas neighbouring the Pak-Afghan border in addition to deeper inside Khyber Pakhtun-khwa as “a worrisome phenomenon”.
It mentioned that recognized militant commanders primarily based in Waziristan – Abu Yaha, Molvi Munawar and Matoob Ali Jan alias Sailab – have been involved with the TTP excessive command in Afghanistan for additional instructions relating to shifting to the world to accentuate terrorist actions.
The government additionally highlighted the risk of TTP sub-groups defecting to the militant Islamic State (ISKP) or becoming a member of arms with the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group to renew terrorist actions.
The inside ministry mentioned focused strike operations is perhaps launched in areas the place militants’ presence is reported and that regulation enforcement officers ought to guarantee heightened safety measures of their respective jurisdictions to keep away from any untoward incident, based on the Dawn report.
Pakistan final yr launched talks with TTP with the facilitation of an interim Afghan government however no headway has been made.
In 2012, Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai was attacked by TTP. She suffered bullet accidents and was admitted to the Military Hospital (CMH) Peshawar after which taken to London for additional remedy. The TTP claimed duty for the assault, saying that Yousafzai was a “Western-minded girl”.
In 2014, Pakistani Taliban stormed the Army Public School (APS) within the northwestern metropolis of Peshawar, killing at the least 150 individuals, together with 131 college students. The assault despatched shockwaves internationally, and was extensively condemned.
