Islamabad(TNS): United Nations declared TTP as the biggest terrorist group

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TTP has been declared by the United Nations as the biggest terrorist group in Afghanistan, while Afghanistan is not ready to take action against the terrorist groups facing Pakistan.
The banned TTP continues to operate extensively in Afghanistan and from there. carry out terrorist activities in Pakistan and use Afghans. The United Nations monitoring report states that the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is the largest terrorist group in Afghanistan, followed by the Afghan Taliban and al-Qaeda.
There is operational and logistical support from the Gard network factions. The report is also consistent with Pakistan’s claim of Afghan nationals being involved in recent terrorist attacks.It should be remembered that 8 brave soldiers of Pakistan Army were martyred while 10 terrorists were sent to hell in the attack of terrorists on Bannu Cantonment. According to ISPR, on the morning of July 15, a group of 10 terrorists attacked the Bannu cantonment and the security forces foiled their attempt to enter the cantonment. Terrorists rammed a car full of explosives against the wall of the cantonment due to which 8 brave soldiers were martyred in the suicide blast. The martyrs included Naib Subidar Muhammad Shahzad, Havaldar Zal Hussain, Havaldar Shahzad Ahmed, Sepoy Ashfaq Hussain Khan, Sepoy Subhan Majeed, Sepoy Imtiaz Khan, Sepoy Arsalan Aslam and Lance Naik Sabz Ali of FC. In the clearance operation, the security forces engaged the terrorists and all 10 terrorists were killed. According to ISPR, this heinous act of terrorism was carried out by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, which operates from Afghanistan. This group has been using Afghan soil for terrorist activities in Pakistan in the past, the interim government of Afghanistan should take effective action against such elements. The Pakistan Army said that the armed forces will continue to defend the motherland and its people against the scourge of terrorism, and will take all necessary measures against these threats from Afghanistan.Senior Pakistani columnist Asghar Ali Mubarak asked the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during a briefing yesterday that we are seeking help from the Afghan people who are involved in and support terrorism to end terrorism. Can you tell us what were our demands from the Afghan ambassador summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Would Pakistan like to take this issue to another forum like UN or Security Council? In reply, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that Pakistan has called the Afghan Deputy Head of Mission on the terrorist attack on Bannu Cantonment and has asked to take serious action against the mastermind of this attack and the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group.
Pakistan has been in contact with the Afghan administration several times in the past several months, in these communications, Afghan groups have referred to terrorist activities in Pakistan. Issues raised by the Afghan administration, the Afghan government should take immediate action against these terrorist groups and their leaders, Afghanistan is expected to take action against the Gul Bahadur group and the masterminds of the Bannu attack. We have made it clear to them that the time has come for Afghanistan to take effective, concrete and strong action against these terrorist groups. In the post, the terrorist attack of July 15 in Bannu was strongly condemned. In the terrorist attack, 8 security personnel were martyred and many were injured. The terrorist attack was carried out by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group based in Afghanistan. It has been responsible for numerous terrorist attacks, killing hundreds of civilians and law enforcement officials. The Afghan Interim Government should take immediate and effective action against those responsible for the attack, and the Afghan Interim Government should prevent the Afghan territory from being used in such attacks in Pakistan. The Bannu Cantonment attack is another reminder of the serious threat posed by terrorism to regional peace and security. Pakistan reiterates its call for decisive action against terrorism. Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch says that the government has no intention of negotiating with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). There is no intention to negotiate in kind. We expect the Afghan authorities to take action against terrorist groups that have established sanctuaries inside Afghanistan and use its territory to carry out terrorist attacks against Pakistan.Pakistani government officials have said in several statements in recent months that the TTP, based in neighboring Afghanistan, is involved in terrorist attacks in the country.
In March of this year, five Chinese engineers were killed in a suicide attack on a bus in Bisham, Pakistan, and Pakistani officials said that the territory of Afghanistan was used to attack the Chinese engineers.
In March of this year, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said in a statement that most of the terrorism in the country is taking place from Afghan soil, which “have shelters here too.”
Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also said that ‘Pakistan has great respect for the people of Afghanistan, but some elements in power in Afghanistan are actively patronizing the TTP and using it as a proxy against Pakistan.
Like the Bisham bomb blast, which claimed the lives of 5 Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver, the report also mentions this particular incident.
The report of the Monitoring Team on Daesh and Al-Qaeda/Taliban submitted to the UN Security Council said that the Taliban do not consider the outlawed TTP as a terrorist group, they have close ties.
Estimated at around 6,000 to 6,500 fighters, the report noted that the outlawed TTP is now the largest of the two dozen or so groups that have enjoyed independence under the Taliban regime.
The report confirms Pakistan’s position that Afghanistan is not ready to take action against terrorist groups facing Pakistan, which has been reiterated by officials such as Defense Minister Khawaja Asif and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.
Remember that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is a terrorist organization based in Pakistan and Afghanistan that was formed in 2007.
TTP’s aim is to drive the Pakistani government out of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which is officially the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and to establish Sharia law.
The TTP receives ideological guidance from al-Qaeda, while al-Qaeda elements rely to some extent on the TTP for safe havens in areas along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border.
This arrangement gave the TTP access to both the global terrorist network of Qal-Qaeda and the operational expertise of its members. The TTP has claimed responsibility for several terrorist attacks against Pakistani and US interests, including the December 2009 suicide attack on a US military base in Khost, Afghanistan that killed seven US citizens, and the April 2010 attack on the US consulate. Suicide attack against in Peshawar, Pakistan which killed six Pakistani citizens.
Remember that my younger brother Mazhar Ali Mubarak was martyred by TTP terrorists in a terrorist attack in Rawalpindi on 25 December 2013.
The TTP is suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007.
The TTP directed and facilitated Faisal Shehzad’s failed attempt to detonate explosives in New York City’s Times Square on May 1, 2010. On September 1, 2010, the US State Department designated the TTP as a foreign terrorist organization under Section 219 of the Immigration Act. Specially designated as a global terrorist organization pursuant to the Nationality Act and Executive Order 13224. As a result, all of TTP’s property and interests in property subject to US jurisdiction are blocked, and US persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with TTP.
It is an offense to knowingly provide material support or resources to the TTP, or to attempt or conspire to do so.
The UN monitoring report also raised questions about the Afghan Taliban’s downplaying of the outlawed TTP threat to Pakistan and described the Taliban’s ad hoc support for TTP attacks. The report, which includes data up to May 28, 2024, says the banned TTP has accelerated attacks against Pakistan, increasing from 573 in 2021 to 715 in 2022 and 1,210 in 2023, while the trend Continued in 2024. The outlawed TTP continues to operate extensively in Afghanistan and from there carry out terrorist activities in Pakistan and use Afghans.
Noting that al-Qaeda cells operate in several Afghan provinces, particularly in the southeast, the report said most of the group’s facilities are aimed at local fighters with operatives of the outlawed TTP. Al-Qaeda supports the outlawed TTP in terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, which Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan has claimed responsibility for, in order to reduce pressure on the de facto (Afghan) authorities.
The September 2023 clash between the Pakistani Army and Afghan militants was described by the report as the “biggest TTP attack” of the last year, when a large number of militants attacked two army posts in northwestern Chitral.
They were supported by a large al-Qaeda contingent if they launched a coordinated attack. The report also supports Pakistan’s concern that the outlawed TTP has been using NATO weapons, particularly those with night-vision capabilities, since the Taliban seized them, have been provided, which has led to an increase in terrorist attacks on Pakistani border posts.
It should be remembered that the 33rd report submitted by the UN’s ‘ISIS and Al-Qaeda/Taliban Monitoring Team’ to the Security Council Committee on February 21, 2024, also revealed that the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is active in Pakistan.
In addition to the Afghan Taliban, al-Qaeda and other militant factions have received clear support for the attacks. This cooperation includes not only the supply of arms and equipment but also virtual ground support for the illegal TTP operations against Pakistan. The outlawed TTP has been responsible for several terrorist attacks inside Pakistan and Pakistan has repeatedly expressed dismay at the Afghan Taliban’s passive strategy against it. The Afghan Taliban’s failure to curb the activities of the outlawed TTP has led to strained relations between the two countries, with Pakistan viewing Afghanistan’s reluctance to deal with the outlawed TTP as a direct threat to its national security. The report stated that despite the Afghan Taliban’s official stance of discouraging the outlawed TTP’s activities outside Afghanistan, many of the outlawed TTP’s fighters carried out cross-border attacks in Pakistan without fear of any repercussions. busy.
It was stated that some members of the (Afghan) Taliban have joined the ranks of the outlawed TTP as a sacred duty and are supporting their operations.
Furthermore, members of the outlawed TTP and their The family receives regular aid packages from the Afghan Taliban, a sign of strong support. The strategy of temporarily detaining between 70 and 200 fighters of the outlawed TTP by the Afghan Taliban and moving them northwards away from the Pakistan-Afghan border areas is being used by Pakistan to combat the activities of the outlawed TTP. The report noted that in mid-2023, the outlawed TTP established a new base in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where a large number of people were trained to become suicide bombers. Moreover, Al-Qaeda in the region has played a significant role in providing training, ideological guidance and support to the outlawed TTP, which illustrates the nature of interdependence between these militant networks. Al-Qaeda’s orders to allocate resources to the outlawed TTP indicate deep cooperation aimed at destabilizing the region.
Furthermore, the formation of Tehreek Jihad Pakistan (TJP), the involvement of other groups such as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement/Turkestan Islamic Party (ETIM/TIP) and the Majid The brigade’s joint operations with the outlawed TTP indicate a multifaceted and global threat. The report pointed out that the East Turkestan Islamic Movement/Turkestan Islamic Party (ETIM/TIP) has shifted its base from Badakhshan province to Baghlan province and expanded its administrative reach in various areas. The group is heavily involved in training youth for its reserve forces and is particularly increasing the recruitment and training of women. The report said that ETIM/TIP’s cooperation in training and strategic planning with other militant groups, particularly the outlawed TTP, is raising concerns among other countries in the region. The report highlights that Al Qaeda is strengthening ETIM/TIP by providing training and ideological guidance. Meanwhile, it was reported that the Majeed Brigade, involved in the insurgency in Balochistan, has around 60 to 80 fighters, with its strategy focused on ‘recruiting female suicide bombers’. The group is known to cooperate with the outlawed TTP and Daesh-Khorasan in various areas including training, arms procurement, intelligence sharing and coordinated operations. It should be remembered that on May 7, 2023, Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqi met the Chief of Army Staff, General Asim Munir, In a statement issued by ISPR, it was said that both discussed matters of mutual interest, including aspects related to regional security, border management and creation of a formal bilateral security mechanism to improve the existing security situation. ISPR said that the Chief of The Army Staff reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to a stable, peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan.On May 8, 2023, Afghan Interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqi said that we have fulfilled our responsibility regarding the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), by bringing both sides to the negotiating table to find a solution to the problem. Addressing a seminar at Pakistan Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, Amir Khan Muttaqi said that the banned TTP is not an organization formed 2 years ago, but according to Pakistan, 80 thousand people were killed by the banned TTP. We have negotiated with the current and previous Pakistani governments regarding the banned TTP.