The ousted deputy chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistan (TTP),
Maulvi Faqir Muhammad on March
6 said to Reuters that
he still favours peace talks with
the Pakistani Government. “Whenever
I’ve held talks with the Government
of Pakistan, I’ve held them with
the permission and advice of the
central leadership of the Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistan,” Maulvi Faqir Muhammad
said from an undisclosed location.
“When the Taliban in Afghanistan
can talk to America, then why
can’t we talk to the Government
of Pakistan?” he added. Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister
Mian Iftikhar Hussain denied any
talks had been held, but said
the announcement “clearly shows
the differences among Taliban
ranks”. |
