Pakistani Taliban have ended a ceasefire with the government, and it is bad news for Pakistan | Tech Reddy

Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, ended the indefinite ceasefire with the Pakistani government and decided to launch a series of attacks across the country.

On Monday (November 28), the TTP ended the ceasefire with the Pakistani government that was called in June 2022. Interestingly, the fallout between the Pakistani authorities and the Pakistani Taliban comes at a time when the new leader of the Pakistani army, General Asim Munir, is in charge. November 29.

The group said that since the Pakistani army had continued its attack against the TTP mujahideen, it would call for an indefinite ceasefire. “Since military operations are underway against the mujahideen in various areas, therefore, it is imperative for you to carry out attacks wherever you can throughout the country,” the statement of the Pakistani Taliban said, addressing its militants, the Pakistan news agency. him dawn reported

What TTP wants: The TTP group wants establishment of Shariah law in Pakistan against the constitution of Pakistan which it considers un-Islamic.

• The group demands the imposition of harsh Islamic laws, the release of key members arrested by the government and the reversal of the merger of areas of Pakistan with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
• On November 16, the TTP group had claimed responsibility for the attack on the police patrol in Lakki Marwat, about 200 km (125 miles) southwest of the provincial capital, Peshawar. 6 policemen were killed in the attack.
• In fact, the group has been under attack since September 2022 when negotiations between the Pakistani government and TTP collapsed. Most of the attacks took place around Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, South Waziristan and North Waziristan distrcts in KP.
  

  Pakistani government vs Pakistani Taliban:

• In July 2022, a 17-member delegation of tribal leaders and others arrived in Kabul to resume talks with the TTP group. All the Afghan Taliban acted as a mediator between the Pakistani government and the Pakistani Taliban group.
• Mufti Taqi Usmani, a Pakistani cleric who had been part of the delegation and was equally respected by the Afghan Taliban and the TTP group had told the TTP delegation that he had revised the constitution of Pakistan and there was nothing wrong with it. islamic , u dawn reported
• Mufti Usmani had also said even if the group claims that one or two clauses of the constitution are not Islamic, it was not their mandate to make changes in it or to justify their actions to take against the state.
• Talks between the TTP group and the Pakistani government had started in October 2021 but collapsed after two months in December. Talks resumed in May 2022 and two delegations from Pakistan went to Afghanistan where the TTP leader is hiding to have negotiations.
• However, the talks broke down due to the TTP group’s demand for revoking the merger of the ancient tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
• The last talks between the Pakistani government and TTP took place in June 2022 and after that there were no negotiations.
  

  What now? Terrorist attacks and the battle between the Pakistani army and TTP fighters are expected to intensify in the tribal areas of Pakistan.

• For example, hours after the ceasefire ended, 10 Taliban fighters, including a TTP commander Tipu, were killed in Waziristan in northwestern Pakistan after fighting with the Pakistani army.
• The security forces also suffered some casualties, but the exact number could not be confirmed.
• In the coming days, the tenure of the new army chief Asim Munir will be tough as the battle rages with the TTP group. His predecessor General Qamar Javed Bajwa had a strong grudge against the TTP, and had facilitated many attacks on the group.