Pakistan’s battle against foreign-funded terrorists in KP and Baluchistan persisted throughout 2023. Hundreds of brave sons of the soil made the ultimate sacrifices in the line of duty, defending the motherland from enemy’s nefarious designs. With the help of the Pakistani people, LEAs successfully quelled terrorism crisis in 2014 forcing TTP leadership to flee and seek refuge in Afghanistan. They exposed themselves in the process, even if they were able to save their lives there. Today, TTP’s main bastion is in Afghanistan using that soil against Pakistan which is the key reason of rift between two brotherly Islamic nations who also share strong historic and cultural bonds. Afghanistan is not being used as sanctuary by TTP, it also uses the same for recruitment while exploiting vulnerabilities, distorting religious ideology, and capitalizing on social and geopolitical tensions. In Afghanistan, TTP’s manipulations and duplicity became more evident when they started targeting and enticing impoverished Afghan nationals for what they claim to be Jehad in Afghanistan, blatantly disregarding the fatwas of eminent Islamic scholars from all religious sects. By doing this, TTP commanders are trying to achieve two goals: first, they are using religious manipulation to recruit fighters from Afghanistan for terrorism in Pakistan; second, they are stoking tensions between IEA and Pakistan in order to further their evil plans. They would have enough room to operate safely from Afghanistan thanks to the divide and mistrust between the two states.
The recent reconciliation efforts were also manipulated by TTP commanders for expanding their presence in Pakistan while disguising themselves as part of the process. As a strategy, TTP leaders are abusing innocent people through intimidation, fear mongering, pressure, and religious manipulation tactics. They lack a genuine understanding of Pakistan’s religious, ethical, moral, or cultural values. This explains why they go on murdering sprees across the nation through acts like suicide bombings. By doing such horrible acts, they hope to terrorize the populace into accepting their violent, perverted, and un-Islamic worldview. However, the people of Pakistan are aware of the TTP’s self-serving intentions and their violent and “Fasadi” Agenda, which is why, in spite of numerous horrific incidents, they have been utterly unsuccessful in disguising their political objectives under their shallow Islamic slogans.
The TTP leadership is nothing more than a group of cunning, opportunistic, cowardly, and dishonest manipulators when we look at their actions. These characteristics are used by them to manipulate and employ innocent individuals and foot soldiers in Pakistan as pawns in their evil schemes. Any Pakistani who defends the nation’s customs, laws, and principles is viewed by them as a heretic (Kafir) who should be executed.
While its foot soldiers are engaged in a pointless conflict in Pakistan, the whole leadership including Mufti Noor Wali (MNW) is stationed in Afghanistan.
Within the TTP, infighting for the sake of power and influence is also frequent. JuA and TTP’s continuous media battle provides ample evidence for this claim. This is not the first instance, a great deal of blood was shed by foot soldiers and fighters, and the TTP split apart into numerous splinter cells, each with their own goals and engaging in turf wars with other cells. This demonstrates that the TTP is nothing more than hired guns, willing to use perverted religious doctrine to sow chaos in order to further their own agenda.
The primary evidence supporting TTP’s dualism is the lack of any observable leaders in suicide attacks, nor their relatives. The leaders themselves, as well as their relatives, are never involved in active warfare or suicide assaults; only the poor, innocent, and frequently dumb people are brainwashed into suicide attacks.
If we look back in history, the TTP’s emergence in Pakistan in 2007 was akin to the resuscitation of Khawarij, a devious violent ideology that kept emerging time to time throughout Islamic history. This ideology originated during the time of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and is historically founded on a violent misreading of Islamic scripture. It persisted occasionally with the only goal of employing a perverted understanding of the Quran to label other Muslims as non-Muslims—a practice known as Takfir. Their main objective has always been to acquire authority and power through coercive measures using Islamic slogans.
The people of Afghanistan and the leadership of the IEA must grasp the stark reality and nefarious intentions of the TTP, which manipulates them to advance its own agendas under the pretense of religion. TTP, a deceitful, brutal, and traitorous terrorist organization, bears no affiliation with Islam, which inherently embodies the principle of peace.