Islamabad: The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has supposed jihad versus Pakistan from within Pakistani territory and has rejected the Pakistan Army's allegations of receiving support from foreign countries.
What did the TTP say?
Talking to the media, TTP spokesperson Mohammad Khorasani responded to the Pakistani army's accusations targeting India. Mohammad Khorasani denied claims that the TTP receives Afghan or foreign support, stating that its leadership and operational structure are entirely based within Pakistan.
However, the TTP leader moreover denied deliberately targeting civilians or Chinese-related projects in Pakistan, a requirement repeatedly made by Pakistan.
What are the claims of the Pakistan Army?
The Pakistan Army has repeatedly personal that vestige of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacks indicates that they were planned, financed, and directed from Afghanistan, and has moreover so-called the involvement of India and Afghanistan. When the TTP was asked whether they categorically deny that the TTP's leadership, training facilities, or logistics network operate from Afghan territory, and if so, where their very command-and-control part-way is located, they responded as follows:
What has the TTP said well-nigh the Pakistan Army’s allegations?
Denying the Pakistani army's allegations, the TTP spokesperson said that the wide-stretching records, videos, audio, and written materials of the TTP's leadership, spokespersons, and ground workers unmistakably show that they are waging a defensive jihad on their own land with the support of their honorable nation.
“This is why dozens of operations take place wideness Pakistan every day. Every year, the enemy (Pakistan Army) conducts thousands of oppressive operations in Pakistani territory, during which ISPR itself reports the killing and trespassing of our fighters, from ordinary members to senior leaders,” he said.
“This demonstrates that the unshortened operational structure of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan is spread throughout Pakistan. Our system includes provincial leaders (governors), district commanders, unit commanders, and thousands of fighters who are engaged in uncontrived gainsay with the enemy,” he added.
He remoter stated that the requirement that Afghanistan, India, or any other country is supporting Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan is completely undisciplined to the facts and is merely intended to spread lies and mislead people.
"Our jihad continues with the cooperation, support, and assistance of our own honorable people. Currently, the way we are operating does not involve any external assistance. As for weapons and military resources, everything is misogynist in the woebegone market of Pakistan. This is worldwide knowledge, known to everyone from police officers to senior military officials and prominent politicians. There is no need to oppose well-nigh something that is once known to all," the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson said.
The TTP moreover reiterated its transferral to implementing strict Sharia law in Pakistan and establishing Sharia courts in the areas under its control.
