No evidence of TTP’s presence in Afghanistan, Taliban army chief – World

Afghan Taliban army chief Qari Fasihuddin Fitr has denied that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) uses Afghan soil to carry out attacks inside Pakistan.

Addressing a press conference in Kabul on Wednesday, Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat said that the TTP controls areas inside Pakistan and plans and executes its operations from there.

“There is no proof and no one can prove that TTP is present in Afghanistan,” Fasihuddin Fitrat said. TTP has bases in Pakistan and it also controls some areas there and from there it attacks inside Pakistan.’

While addressing a seminar in Islamabad, Asif Durrani said that ‘terrorism under the auspices of TTP is related to the problem of Afghanistan. Therefore, the two countries will need to work together to deal with the scourge of TTP.

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He further said that the Afghan Taliban should ‘clarify the image of their ideological similarity with the TTP. They can at least do so much for sustainable (bilateral) relations.’