ISLAMABAD – The outlawed TTP, also known as Pakistani Taliban, announced tore-launch attacks across the South Asian country as it withdrew from aceasefire agreement.
The Pakistani government and the militant group reached an agreement on an‘indefinite’ ceasefire in Afghan Taliban-hosted peace talks in June thisyear.
Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid had then confirmed thedevelopment, saying the new Afghan government played the role of a mediator.
The militant group had been involved in carrying out hundreds of attackswhich have claimed thousands of lives. The Pakistani armed forces wiped outthe terror outfit from its stronghold back in 2016, but the groupresurfaced after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021.
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The TTP, in a statement, accused the Pakistani government of violating thetruce, saying it has ordered the attackers to stage attacks across thecountry.
Less than two weeks ago the TTP claimed responsibility of martyring sixpolicemen in northwest Pakistan in an ambush.
