Pakistani Taliban
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (commonly called TTP) are a militant Islamist group in Pakistan. Like the Taliban in Afghanistan they are mostly Pashtun. They have done a number of attacks all over Pakistan.[1] The United States has classified them as a terrorist organisation. While they have a common name with the Taliban in Afghanistan, their ideas are different.[2] They also have a different leadership and their goals are different from those of the Afghan Taliban.[3]
The TTP want the Pakistani army to withdraw from Waziristan, which it occupied in 2009.
Differences between Afghan Taliban and the TTP
[change | change source]Many experts think that the common name "Taliban" for both groups is misleading.[3] Fights between the Pakistani army and the TTP have erroneously been reported as the army fighting the Afghan Taliban.[3]
The TTP acts on its own, fighting the Pakistani armed forces; Pakistan supported the Afghan Taliban in the past.[4][5][6]
The Afghan Taliban also do not take part in the fight of the TTP against the Pakistani military.[7]
The Pakistani Taliban has also been supported by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria according to a United Nations report from 2017.[8]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Bajoria, Jayshree (2010-05-06). "Shared Goals for Pakistan's Militants". Interviewed by Greg Bruno. Council on Foreign Relations. Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ↑ University, © Stanford; Stanford; Complaints, California 94305 Copyright. "MMP: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan". cisac.fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Shane, Scott (2009-10-22). "Insurgents Share a Name, but Pursue Different Goals". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ↑ "Documents Detail Years of Pakistani Support for Taliban, Extremists". George Washington University. 2007. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ↑ "Crisis of Impunity". Human Rights Watch. 2001-07-01. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ↑ U.S. attack on Taliban kills 23 in Pakistan, The New York Times, 9. September 2008
- ↑ Carlotta Gall, Ismail Khan, Pir Zubair Shah and Taimoor Shah (2009-03-26). "Pakistani and Afghan Taliban Unify in Face of U.S. Influx". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Paton, Callum (2017-08-15). "ISIS 'Outsources' Attacks to the Taliban in Afghanistan". Newsweek. Retrieved 2023-11-18.