The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has asked the Pakistan government to allow it to open a political office in a third country, which Islamabad rejected as unacceptable.
In a series of meetings with Pakistani officials during negotiations for a peace deal, the TTP made three demands, including allowing the opening of a political office in a third country, reversing the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province. is included. and the beginning of the Islamic order in Pakistan, the Express Tribune newspaper reported on Saturday.
But Pakistani officials told the TTP directly and through Taliban negotiators that these demands were not acceptable, the newspaper said. The TTP was specifically told clearly that there was no question of introducing an Islamic system based on their interpretation. Also the terrorist group was told that Pakistan is an Islamic republic and the country’s constitution clearly states that all laws in Pakistan must conform to the teachings of Islam.
In return, the Pakistani authorities made three demands before the TTP. These include accepting state orders, laying down arms and issuing public apologies for the acts of terrorists committed by them. If these demands are met, the officials said they would consider granting him an apology, it said.
Earlier this month, Pakistan’s Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry announced that there had been a complete ceasefire between the government and the TTP. At the same time, Chaudhry said that the interim Afghan government had facilitated the talks – a claim that was reiterated by the TTP itself. The government is now trying to use the influence of the Afghan Taliban over the TTP to reach a comprehensive peace deal and end nearly two decades of insurgency in the country.
The TTP, commonly known as the Pakistani Taliban, is a banned terrorist group based on the Afghan–Pakistan border. It has carried out several major terrorist attacks across Pakistan and is reportedly using Afghan soil to plot terrorist attacks in Pakistan. Last month, Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed in an interview that his government was in talks with the TTP for a Taliban-assisted “reconciliation” in Afghanistan, which was criticized by politicians and victims of terrorism.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid defended the government’s move, saying the talks were for a “good Taliban”. During the national security briefing, parliament was told that a final peace deal with the TTP would be done only after all conditions were met and that traditional jirga would be used to ensure they did not take up arms again, the paper said.
However, opposition parties are not particularly happy with the outcome of these talks, as the TTP has used similar peace deals in the past to regroup and launch a wave of attacks in Pakistan. The Pakistani army had launched a major operation against the terrorists in North Waziristan, the last stronghold of the TTP, forcing them to flee to Afghanistan.
But terrorists using the sanctuary in the neighboring country are launching frequent cross-border attacks, killings, fire-raids and bombings in different parts of the country.
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