TTP extends truce to hold peace talks with Pakistan

[Tomcats]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1530945082924453888

 

[Tomcats]

So the main bone of contention is the FATA merger, Pakistan is unwilling and cannot reverse it due to constitutional amendment. TTP seem quite adamant for its reversal. So the impasse is mainly due to that, otherwise both sides have shown flexibility on other topics.

 

[Baghial]

TTP extends truce to hold peace talks with Pakistan

Sources say team of Pakistani mediators travelling to Afghanistan to meet TTP leadership for talks facilitated by Afghan Taliban.

www.dawn.com

TTP extends truce to hold peace talks with Pakistan​

AFP Published May 12, 2022




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PESHAWAR: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has extended a ceasefire with the government of Pakistan in order to hold peace talks, AFP quoted two sources in the militant group as saying on Wednesday.
Since the Afghan Taliban surged back to power last year, TTP attacks on Pakistan soil saw an uptick.
Sources said that a TTP ceasefire, agreed for the Eid period, has now been extended until May 16.
A TTP letter outlining the truce tells fighters “not to violate the decision taken by the central command”.

Both sources said a team of Pakistani mediators has travelled to Afghanistan to meet the TTP leadership for talks facilitated by the Afghan Taliban.
However, Islamabad has not yet commented on the matter.
Last year, the PTI-led government of Imran Khan conducted peace negotiations with the TTP during a month-long ceasefire that eventually collapsed.
Islamabad has increasingly complained of attacks across the border from Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of Kabul in August, an issue that has become a source of diplomatic tension.
Last month Afghan officials said a Pakistani airstrike in eastern Afghanistan killed 47 people. Pakistan did not comment on the strike but urged Kabul to secure its border to prevent militant operations.
The Afghan Taliban called the assault a “cruelty” that “is paving the way for enmity between Afghanistan and Pakistan”.
In March, an Islamic State suicide bomber, who authorities say was an Afghan national, killed 64 people at a mosque in Peshawar.
Published in Dawn, May 12th, 2022

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peace talks? my ***

simple surrender to thugs , thats what it is!

a nuclear fauj ,s surrender to fcknng hilly billy,s

To end stalemate in peace talks, a sub-committee representing Pak Govt, Afg Taliban & TTP has reportedly been formed. Each side has 3 members in committee. Committee is headed by Sirajuddin Haqqani while TTP is represented by Mufti Ghofran, Commander Zarar & Omar Khalid Khorasani...


embracing the terrorists,..................or they are just orphans of our enuchs,

who are resedent evil of GEE haCK , QUEEEEE

 

[_Nabil_]

-TTP wants to stay armed; Pak offering them licensed weapons

 

[Baghial]

-TTP wants to stay armed; Pak offering them licensed weapons

LETS GIVE THEM 1000KMS TO ROAM AROUND FREELY AGAIN,

CANT FREE KASHMIR FROM CLUTCHES OF INDIA,
BUT SURLEY WE CAN GIVE IN TO TERRORISTS WITHIN----TO CREATE A TERRORIST HEAVEN IN WAZIRISTAN.

 

[Menace2Society]

Just offer them a choice of either laying down arms or a MOAB on their villages.

 

[Baghial]

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Zabihullah (..ذبـــــیح الله م )

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· May 18
د پاکستان حکومت او د پاکستان د طالبانو د تحریک تر منځ د اسلامي امارت په منځګړیتوب په کابل کې مذاکرات ترسره شول. د مذاکراتو په جریان کې په اړوندو موضوعاتو کې د پام وړ پرمختګ ترڅنګ په لنډمهاله اوربند هم توافق وشو.۱/۲
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امید ہے امارت اسلامی ثالث کا کردار ہی اد کریگی ،جنہوں نے انہیں قید کیا،ان کے قائدین کو امریکہ کے حوالے کیا،انہیں قتل کیا ان کے لیے انہیں قربان نہیں کریں گے جنہوں نے ان کے لیے اپنے گھروں اور دلوں کے دروازے


کھول دئیے تھے، جو قید،بے گھر اور قتل ہوئے مگر ان کی حمایت سے پیچھے نہیں ہٹے

 

[313ghazi]

-TTP wants to stay armed; Pak offering them licensed weapons

And then they wonder why ordinary Pakistani's are now cursing them.

People on this forum, and I include myself as the foremost culprit, did all sorts of mental gymnastics to make sense of the ridiculous decisions our army has made. Thank God Bajwa pushed so far beyond the limit, even idiots like us can now see him for the clown he is.

If there is a shred of evidence in what is being reported, then he should be on trial for aiding and abetting terrorism.

 

[Tomcats]

Islamabad, TTP agree on indefinite ceasefire​

PESHAWAR: The government of Pakistan and the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have agreed to extend the ceasefire, this time, indefinitely and continue negotiations to find an end to the nearly two decades of militancy in the tribal border region, it has been reliably learnt.

The extension in ceasefire, which was to come to an end last night, indicates significant progress in talks between the two sides in the Afghan capital Kabul, sources familiar with the development said.

Read more: Prospects of success in ongoing talks with TTP ‘bleak’

Sources told Dawn that the two sides had agreed to extend the ceasefire and continue peace talks following separate meetings with Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund, Acting Prime Minister of the ‘Islamic Emerate of Afghanistan (IEA)’ at his office the other day.

These sources said that in his meetings with the two sides, the soft-spoken septuagenarian leader expressed his desire that the talks and ceasefire should be allowed to continue without any cut-off date.

Afghan Taliban’s acting PM Mullah Akhund helping with ‘peace talks’

In a subsequent joint meeting, the two sides agreed to extend the ceasefire indefinitely and pursue negotiations to end the conflict that has seen mass dislocation and killings of thousands of people in Pakistan’s tribal region and the country at large.

IEA spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid and TTP spokesman Muhammad Khurasani had issued statements early this month, announcing extension in the ceasefire till May 30.

No official statement has been issued so far regarding the indefinite extension in ceasefire but Dawn has been able to get confirmation of this significant development.

The development follows days of “intense and extensive negotiations” in the Afghan capital attended by senior level delegations from the two sides that at one point seemed close to breakdown.

IEA’s Acting Minister for Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is the central mediator, helped bring the talks back on track, sources said.

The GoP, sources said, had demonstrated its seriousness by acceding to some of the TTP’s demands and after the IEA suggested it would be important for confidence-building to move from preliminaries to formal and structured negotiations.

The release of prisoners and presidential pardon to two key militant commanders, including TTP Swat spokesman Muslim Khan, was one such demand.

Compensation for the dead and wounded, enforcement of Shariah regulation in Malakand, withdrawal of military from the borders and reversal of Fata merger into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were key demands from the TTP side, these sources said.

The Shariah Nizam-i-Adl Regulation, 2009 is still operational in Malakand division. The law was enacted following marathon negotiations with the late Maulana Sufi Muhammad.

The GoP, these sources said, had no issue with some of the TTP’s demand, but two major issues remained challenging: the reversal of Fata merger and the disbandment of the TTP as an armed militant group.

The GoP delegates made it clear that the merger brought about through a constitutional amendment was not up for discussion and that tribal people were the main, important stakeholders.

The TTP on its part had brought documents containing the commitment made by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah with the tribal people guaranteeing their autonomy in an independent Pakistan.

They were told that the reversal of the merger would mean return to the Frontier Crimes Regulation which was a relic of the British Empire and did not contain anything that could be considered ‘Islamic.’ They were asked to identify laws that had been enacted post-merger which they deemed to be in contravention of their customs or the ‘riwaj.’

Besides, the 25th Constitutional Amendment that brought about Fata’s merger into KP is pending before a larger bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since March, 2022 on a petition filed by some tribal elders opposed to it.

The disbandment of the TTP is another make-or-break issue, these sources said. The government delegation has made it plain that no armed group would be allowed to enter Pakistan territory or operate as such. Options are being discussed and the IEA is fully on-board in this regard.

The next round of negotiations is expected to take place in the second week of June, sources said, with a tribal jirga holding direct talks with the TTP in Kabul.

Published in Dawn, May 31st, 2022

Islamabad, TTP agree on indefinite ceasefire

Afghan Taliban’s acting PM Mullah Akhund helping with "peace talks"; sources say both sides agreed to pursue negotiations.

www.dawn.com

 

[Zarvan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1531515070768893953

 

[Tomcats]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1531939481560965120

 

[Enigma SIG]

Just flatten Kunar, Khost and Paktia and then negotiate on your terms.

They're were/are busy flattening awam in Islamabad lol. TTP se to phat jati hai in ki q k un k pas aslaha hai LMAO.

 

[ghazi52]

.,.,

 

[Khan_patriot]

Islamabad, TTP agree on indefinite ceasefire​

PESHAWAR: The government of Pakistan and the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have agreed to extend the ceasefire, this time, indefinitely and continue negotiations to find an end to the nearly two decades of militancy in the tribal border region, it has been reliably learnt.

The extension in ceasefire, which was to come to an end last night, indicates significant progress in talks between the two sides in the Afghan capital Kabul, sources familiar with the development said.

Read more: Prospects of success in ongoing talks with TTP ‘bleak’

Sources told Dawn that the two sides had agreed to extend the ceasefire and continue peace talks following separate meetings with Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund, Acting Prime Minister of the ‘Islamic Emerate of Afghanistan (IEA)’ at his office the other day.

These sources said that in his meetings with the two sides, the soft-spoken septuagenarian leader expressed his desire that the talks and ceasefire should be allowed to continue without any cut-off date.


In a subsequent joint meeting, the two sides agreed to extend the ceasefire indefinitely and pursue negotiations to end the conflict that has seen mass dislocation and killings of thousands of people in Pakistan’s tribal region and the country at large.

IEA spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid and TTP spokesman Muhammad Khurasani had issued statements early this month, announcing extension in the ceasefire till May 30.

No official statement has been issued so far regarding the indefinite extension in ceasefire but Dawn has been able to get confirmation of this significant development.

The development follows days of “intense and extensive negotiations” in the Afghan capital attended by senior level delegations from the two sides that at one point seemed close to breakdown.

IEA’s Acting Minister for Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is the central mediator, helped bring the talks back on track, sources said.

The GoP, sources said, had demonstrated its seriousness by acceding to some of the TTP’s demands and after the IEA suggested it would be important for confidence-building to move from preliminaries to formal and structured negotiations.

The release of prisoners and presidential pardon to two key militant commanders, including TTP Swat spokesman Muslim Khan, was one such demand.

Compensation for the dead and wounded, enforcement of Shariah regulation in Malakand, withdrawal of military from the borders and reversal of Fata merger into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were key demands from the TTP side, these sources said.

The Shariah Nizam-i-Adl Regulation, 2009 is still operational in Malakand division. The law was enacted following marathon negotiations with the late Maulana Sufi Muhammad.

The GoP, these sources said, had no issue with some of the TTP’s demand, but two major issues remained challenging: the reversal of Fata merger and the disbandment of the TTP as an armed militant group.

The GoP delegates made it clear that the merger brought about through a constitutional amendment was not up for discussion and that tribal people were the main, important stakeholders.

The TTP on its part had brought documents containing the commitment made by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah with the tribal people guaranteeing their autonomy in an independent Pakistan.

They were told that the reversal of the merger would mean return to the Frontier Crimes Regulation which was a relic of the British Empire and did not contain anything that could be considered ‘Islamic.’ They were asked to identify laws that had been enacted post-merger which they deemed to be in contravention of their customs or the ‘riwaj.’

Besides, the 25th Constitutional Amendment that brought about Fata’s merger into KP is pending before a larger bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since March, 2022 on a petition filed by some tribal elders opposed to it.

The disbandment of the TTP is another make-or-break issue, these sources said. The government delegation has made it plain that no armed group would be allowed to enter Pakistan territory or operate as such. Options are being discussed and the IEA is fully on-board in this regard.

The next round of negotiations is expected to take place in the second week of June, sources said, with a tribal jirga holding direct talks with the TTP in Kabul.

Published in Dawn, May 31st, 2022

Islamabad, TTP agree on indefinite ceasefire

Afghan Taliban’s acting PM Mullah Akhund helping with "peace talks"; sources say both sides agreed to pursue negotiations.

www.dawn.com

I pray and wish there is some wisdom behind this which the powers that be see because I can’t make sense of it. Personally it feels like we’ve gone back over a decade and have forsaken all the young lads who sacrificed their lives to clear the very territory we are about to hand back over.

 

[RescueRanger]

Za Taliban aman motaliba na poheegum…