Islamabad: Terrorist organization Tehreek-e-Taliban announces ceasefire Pakistan (TTP) agreed during talks with the Government of Pakistan in Kabul, which was assisted by the Afghans TalibanThis was in return for a major concession granted last month to Islamabad in releasing two important TTP The leaders, both of whom were on death row, have said sources.
Pakistan has reportedly freed former Swat TTP spokesperson Muslim Khan and Commander Mahmud Khan after receiving presidential pardons for both. The two leaders were in military custody since the announcement of their arrests by the Pakistan Army in September 2009. A military court convicted him and his death sentence was confirmed by the army chief general. Qamar Javed Bajwa in December 2016.
Sources said that the two terrorist commanders are yet to be handed over to the TTP. They live in Pakistan but have been allowed to communicate with the TTP leadership. He is expected to be fully released once a settlement is reached between the two sides.
Kabul’s statement on 18 May that a short-term ceasefire agreement has been reached between Islamabad and the TTP was announced on Twitter by a spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. zabihullah mujahidi, The Mujahid tweeted, “In Kabul, talks were held between the Government of Pakistan and the Taliban Movement of Pakistan, mediated by the Islamic Emirate.” He said the talks began in Kabul on Monday. “Apart from making significant progress on other issues, a temporary ceasefire has also been agreed by both sides,” the Mujahid said in its tweet.
The TTP team was led by group chief Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, while unconfirmed reports on social media suggested that senior official figures from Pakistan participated in the talks. Earlier, there were reports that the Peshawar Corps Commander and former ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed and a top Pakistan Army officer had visited Kabul for talks with the TTP.
TTP spokesman Mohammad Khurasani said the ceasefire would last till May 30. He said the ceasefire was announced on the demand of a 32-member committee of the Mehsud tribe, mostly based in Pakistan’s troubled South Waziristan tribal district, and a 19-member committee of tribes from the Malakand division of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. “Talks were going on between the Pakistan government and the heads of the committees representing the TTP,” he said.
In November 2021, a month-long ceasefire between Islamabad and the TTP ended days after its announcement, with the terrorist group accusing the government of backtracking from its commitments.
Pakistan has reportedly freed former Swat TTP spokesperson Muslim Khan and Commander Mahmud Khan after receiving presidential pardons for both. The two leaders were in military custody since the announcement of their arrests by the Pakistan Army in September 2009. A military court convicted him and his death sentence was confirmed by the army chief general. Qamar Javed Bajwa in December 2016.
Sources said that the two terrorist commanders are yet to be handed over to the TTP. They live in Pakistan but have been allowed to communicate with the TTP leadership. He is expected to be fully released once a settlement is reached between the two sides.
Kabul’s statement on 18 May that a short-term ceasefire agreement has been reached between Islamabad and the TTP was announced on Twitter by a spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. zabihullah mujahidi, The Mujahid tweeted, “In Kabul, talks were held between the Government of Pakistan and the Taliban Movement of Pakistan, mediated by the Islamic Emirate.” He said the talks began in Kabul on Monday. “Apart from making significant progress on other issues, a temporary ceasefire has also been agreed by both sides,” the Mujahid said in its tweet.
The TTP team was led by group chief Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, while unconfirmed reports on social media suggested that senior official figures from Pakistan participated in the talks. Earlier, there were reports that the Peshawar Corps Commander and former ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed and a top Pakistan Army officer had visited Kabul for talks with the TTP.
TTP spokesman Mohammad Khurasani said the ceasefire would last till May 30. He said the ceasefire was announced on the demand of a 32-member committee of the Mehsud tribe, mostly based in Pakistan’s troubled South Waziristan tribal district, and a 19-member committee of tribes from the Malakand division of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. “Talks were going on between the Pakistan government and the heads of the committees representing the TTP,” he said.
In November 2021, a month-long ceasefire between Islamabad and the TTP ended days after its announcement, with the terrorist group accusing the government of backtracking from its commitments.