Taliban TTP & BLA won't be allowed to carry out terror operations against Pakistan: Pak Foreign Minister

Islamabad: The Taliban has assured that it will not let Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) to use Afghan soil to carry out terror activities in Pakistan. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi declared this information. At the same time, this group has commanded its militants to attack Pak army.

On Thursday, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and the infamous intelligence agency ISI’s chief Faiz Hameed visited Afghanistan. Qureshi’s visit to Afghanistan faced a massive backlash; his visit was considered untimely as Pakistan faces pressure from FATF. Moreover, the Pakistan media also questioned the reason behind this meeting. However, on his return from Afghanistan, Minister Qureshi claimed his visit to be fruitful.

Besides, Qureshi also claimed that the stance of the ruling Taliban regime in Afghanistan is more favourable to Pakistan than the preceding Afghan governments. The foreign minister also criticised that the previous Afghan government was not eager to improve its relations with Pakistan. But Minister Qureshi declared that the Taliban regime has assured that it will not allow TTP and BLA militant outfits to use Afghan soil to attack Pakistan.

In the last two months, even though the Taliban had assured Pakistan, the attacks on Pak army continued. Instead, the Pak media reminded that the attacks by TTP and BLA on Pak soldiers increased, especially after Taliban captured Kabul. Also, the Pak journalists have drawn attention to the fact that the number of Taliban and TTP supporters in Pakistan is dangerously increasing.

While these events are unfurling, news has surfaced that Hafiz Gul Bahadur, the chief of one of the influential groups in TTP, has withdrawn from the ceasefire agreement with Pak army. Under the pretext of not having achieved anything through discussion with the Pak government, Hafiz Gul Bahadur has ordered his militants to initiate an attack on the Pak army.

Meanwhile, since 2004, Pakistan had agreed upon ceasefire nine times with over seven militant groups of TTP. But none of the ceasefires were successful. Instead, last year, various groups from Waziristan, Swat, Khyber, Bajaur, Malakand joined the TTP. So the Pak analysts expressed concern that this has made the outfit stronger than ever.