3 January 2012, PTI
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has
said it will continue carrying out suicide
attacks and targeting Pakistani
security forces despite joining other
militant groups in a pledge not to kill
innocent people or to resort to
kidnappings for ransom.
Yes, we signed an accord with three
other major Taliban groups of Maulvi
Nazeer, Hafiz Gul Bahadur and an
Afghan Taliban faction to avoid killing
of innocent people and kidnapping for
ransom, but we did not agree with
them to stop suicide attacks and our
fight against Pakistani security forces,
TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said.
The TTP led by Hakimullah Mehsud
had not announced any ceasefire and
had no plans to do so in the near
future, Ehsan told The News daily on
phone from an undisclosed location in
the tribal areas.
He warned that TTP fighters would
continue their operations in Pakistan.
The TTP will extend cooperation to the
five-member Shura or council with
representatives from the groups of
Maulvi Nazeer and Hafiz Gul Bahadur
and the Haqqani network, he said.
The Shura was recently formed by
Taliban factions from North South
Waziristan, which signed an accord on
the directive of Mullah Muhammad
Omar, the supreme commander of the
Afghan Taliban.
The other groups have pledged not to
attack Pakistani security forces.
However, Ehsan argued that the joint
Shura had been formed only for
tackling two key issues - frequent
incidents of kidnapping for ransom and
killing of innocent people, especially
those picked up in the tribal areas and
executed on charges of spying for the
U.S..
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