Report in Dawn, October 12th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: A wanted commander of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Ateequr Rehman, also known as Tipugul Marwat, who was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, was wanted to the law enforcement agencies in at least 10 FIRs registered against him under the Anti-Terrorism Act, Pakistan Penal Code and Explosives Act. Local officials said Rehman belonged to the Lakki Marwat’s Bachkan Ahmadzai area. He had escaped the district and was hiding in…
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by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, August 27th, 2023UNITED NATIONS: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other groups affiliated with the Taliban and Al Qaeda are providing Nato-calibre weapons to the militant Islamic State (IS) group — also known by its Arabic acronym Daesh, according to a UN report discussed at a Security Council meeting in New York. Two UN counter-terrorism officials told the Security Council on Friday that IS and its affiliates, such as TTP,…
report in The News, July 15, 2023PESHAWAR: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed an attack on the Matani Police Station early Friday. Police officials said the midnight attack on Matani Police Station was carried out by eight to 10 attackers that was successfully repulsed. They said hand grenades were lobbed inside the police station that went off with loud explosions. However, there was no report of any casualty. A number of police stations and police posts have come…
report in The News, June 15, 2023The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Wednesday claimed arresting two operatives of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on charges of raising funds for the outfit. The spokesman for the Sindh CTD said the CTD team arrested Fazlur Rehman, son of Muhammad Ismail Ashrafzai, while conducting the first operation in New Karachi Industrial Area and Rahim Afridi, son of Yar Badshah, in the second operation carried out in the Shershah police station…
Report in Dawn, May 23rd, 2023DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested two alleged members of a banned organisation during an operation here on Monday. According to a spokesman for the CTD, a team conducted a raid on a tip-off and arrested two suspects, Mezan Ghazi and Mir Ahmad, who were planning an attack on the law enforcement agencies’ offices and buildings. The suspects belonged to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and…
By Nazir Shinwari in TOLOnews Online, March 31,2023 at 10:59 PMThe Islamic Emirate denied the report of the International Crisis Group (ICG) claiming that the Tehreek Taliban-e-Pakistan group is based in Afghanistan. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said not only would they not allow TTP, but any other group that is trying to pose a threat from Afghanistan’s soil to other countries. “The problem of the TTP belongs to Pakistan, not the Afghans. If…
Report in Dawn, March 15th, 2023KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a man for his alleged links with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. “The CTD carried out an intelligence-based action and arrested Israr, a commander of TTP (Tariq Gedar group),” said a CTD spokesperson. A Kalashnikov was recovered from the suspect, who originally hailed from Darra Adam Khel and had arrived Karachi 20 days ago. “The suspect has come to Karachi…
by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Mar 5, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban are discussing a resettlement plan for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a renewed push to address the issue of cross-border terrorist attacks that have threatened to unravel their bilateral relationship. Sources familiar with the development told The Express Tribune that the idea of resettlement came from the Afghan Taliban during the recent visit of a high-powered Pakistani delegation led…
report in The News, Feb 25, 2023KOHAT: The officials of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday arrested six alleged terrorists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a raid here. The sources said that acting on a tip-off the CTD personnel raided the alleged hideout of the TTP men and made the arrests. The arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan men also included a commander identified as Mohammad Kamal alias Rocketi. The arrested persons, who were shifted to…
report in The News, Feb 21, 2023Karachi: The District City police on Monday claimed arresting a most wanted terrorist of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan with two hand grenades. SSP Arif Aziz said Saim Umar, son of Muhammad Umar, was arrested in the Chakiwara police limits and two hand grenades were found on him. The suspect was shifted to the investigation unit where his affiliation with the TTP was confirmed. SSP Aziz said the suspect was…
Editorial in The Nation, February 13th, 2023The security situation in KP continues to be extremely fragile as on Saturday, at least three people were killed and 22 others were injured in a suicide attack on a convoy of a petroleum company in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan district. Once again, the TTP has claimed responsibility for the attack and it shows that the group continues to have the upper hand thus far in…