SHAWAL: The Taliban have threatened to kill Pakistani cricket star turned politician, Imran Khan, if he holds a planned march to their tribal stronghold to protest US drone attacks.
Although the Pakistani Taliban also oppose the strikes, spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan said they would attack Imran Khan because he calls himself a ”liberal” a term they associate with a lack of religious belief.
The threat could surprise many in Pakistan who have criticized Khan for not being tough enough on the Taliban and instead focusing his criticism on the government’s alliance with the US.
Ahsan spoke to The Associated Press in an interview on Monday in the militant group’s stronghold of South Waziristan. ”We will kill him,” said Ahsanullah Ahsan.
Some of his critics have nicknamed him ”Taliban Khan” because of his views and his cozy ties with conservative Islamists who could help him attract right-wing voters in national elections likely to be held later this year or early next year.
Khan has described himself as a liberal in various TV interviews, but he has also made clear that he is a practicing Muslim. Ahsan, the Taliban spokesman, seemed to ignore that distinction and said the militants didn’t want Khan’s help in opposing drone attacks.
Khan has said he is planning to lead thousands of people in a march to Waziristan in September to demonstrate against the strikes.
”We will not accept help or sympathy from any infidel,” said Ahsan, referring to Khan. ”We can fight on our own with the help of God,” he said, as drones buzzed overhead.
The spokesman for Khan’s party could not be immediately reached for comment. Ahsan said the Taliban consider anyone who participates in elections, even Islamist parties, as infidels and will target them.
”The election process is part of a secular system,” said Ahsan. ”We want an Islamic system and will create hurdles to secularism.” An AP reporter interviewed Ahsan at a remote compound on a forested mountainside in South Waziristan.
He was taken there from a compound in the Shawal area that housed several dozen Taliban fighters armed with AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and anti-aircraft guns. Artillery fired by the Pakistani army regularly pounded the ground near the compound.
The military launched a major offensive against the Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan in 2009 and has claimed to have largely cleared the area.
But the militants regularly launch attacks, and the interview held with the AP indicated they move relatively freely. Ahsan arrived for the interview in a pick-up truck with two other Taliban commanders.
He was wearing a white shalwar kameez and a woolen Chitrali cap. He spoke with an assault rifle laid across his lap, and he and the other commanders fired into the air in celebration at the end of the interview. - DAWN


Fuck you Taliban....

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So here you are with the leader of Talibans blabbering out the crap ... where the heck are the drone attacks when you need them?

Even though I don't agree with the widespread Mullah Mindset in Pakistan, but I do respect their majority and also the fact that Pakistan wants to keep it's traditional Islamic values in tact. But until the Religious scholars in Pakistan denounce these Taliban and their anti-state motives nothing will change. Fact of the matter is that these Mullahs continue being the sympathizers of these Talibans and Jingos. They are the one who are giving them space for breeding ground in Pakistan. It's a fact clear to all that Taliban are not loyalist to Pakistan and they don't have an inch of interest in its history, development and progress. They are jingo barbarians, and no matter how angelic they are portrayed by some, fact of the matter is that their version of ISLAM cannot sustain in Pakistan. So the religious scholars needs to get the grip of things, and has to spread the word in the Madarsas and other religious institutions denouncing the acts of Taliban and their ideology. No Fake/Mild condemnation is needed, if they are sincere to country it's time for them to understand the threat.

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where are the people who says there is no such thing as taliban?

Are we surprised by these claims and threats made by the TPP? We should not be… It shows the real face of the terrorists who thrive in intimidating others. We have seen over and over how people who were their supporters and advisors killed brutally and their videos released to the media. Did you forget Col. Imam? Pakistanis should realize that the TTP is the real enemy of peace in the region. When will we bring ourselves to cease this blame game and focus on tackling this menace once and for all? That is the only way Pakistanis can once again live in peace, and prosperity can return to the region.

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In your opinion, where do you think TTP is getting financial, logistical and armory support to give such a hard time to the Army of two countries for more than 10 years now? Do they grow this much of a poppy?

Does that mean you guys are not going to fund and equipt the TTP anymore ? Any deadlines of when you are stopping your support to TTP ?

when he was releasing this statement, that is when the drones should have been attackin...

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Now here is another twist in the story...

TTP spokesman denies Imran Khan death threat

Updates on Thursday, August 9:




KARACHI: The spokesman for the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Ahsanullah Ahsan, has denied reports that the militant organisation has threatened to kill cricket star turned politician Imran Khan if he holds a planned march to their tribal stronghold.

The Associated Press (AP) on Wednesday, in an interview with Ahsan in the militant group’s stronghold of South Waziristan, quoted the Taliban spokesman as saying: “We will kill him.”

“We will not accept help or sympathy from any infidel,” AP quoted Ahsan as saying, referring to Khan. “We can fight on our own with the help of God,” added the report.

However, in an email sent out Thursday, the spokesman partially denied the report.

“There is news in [the] media that I have threatened to kill Imran Khan…if he comes to Waziristan,” said the email, adding: “That was quoted by an AP reporter…regarding my interview with him. I gave him [an] interview but I hadn’t stated in that interview that we are going to kill Imran Khan.”

The spokesman added that an announcement on a reaction to Imran Khan’s visit will be made after the “Shurah of TTP…decide what to do a week before his (Khan’s) sure arrival.”

However, Ahsan went on to admit the rest of the interview.

“It’s sure and clear that we don’t have any sympathy with Imran Khan. Neither [do] we need his sympathy, as he himself claims to be liberal and we see liberals as infidels,” he said.

Taliban threaten to kill Imran Khan

Earlier on Wednesday, AP reported that the Taliban had threatened to kill Imran Khan if he holds a planned march to their tribal stronghold to protest US drone attacks.

Although the Pakistani Taliban also oppose the strikes, spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan said they would attack Imran Khan because he calls himself a “liberal” a term they associate with a lack of religious belief.

The threat could surprise many in Pakistan who have criticised Khan for not being tough enough on the Taliban and instead focusing his criticism on the government’s alliance with the US.

Ahsan spoke to The Associated Press in an interview on Monday in the militant group’s stronghold of South Waziristan. “We will kill him,” said Ahsan.

Some of his critics have nicknamed him “Taliban Khan” because of his views and his cozy ties with conservative leaders who could help him attract right-wing voters in national elections likely to be held later this year or early next year.

Khan has described himself as a liberal in various TV interviews, but he has also made clear that he is a practicing Muslim. Ahsan, the Taliban spokesman, seemed to ignore that distinction and said the militants didn’t want Khan’s help in opposing drone attacks.

Khan has said he is planning to lead thousands of people in a march to Waziristan in September to demonstrate against the strikes.

”We will not accept help or sympathy from any infidel,” said Ahsan, referring to Khan. ”We can fight on our own with the help of God,” he said, as drones buzzed overhead.

The spokesman for Khan’s party could not be immediately reached for comment. Ahsan said the Taliban consider anyone who participates in elections, even religious parties, as infidels and will target them.

“The election process is part of a secular system,” said Ahsan. “We want an Islamic system and will create hurdles to secularism.” An AP reporter interviewed Ahsan at a remote compound on a forested mountainside in South Waziristan.

He was taken there from a compound in the Shawal area that housed several dozen Taliban fighters armed with AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and anti-aircraft guns. Artillery fired by the Pakistani army regularly pounded the ground near the compound.

The military launched a major offensive against the Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan in 2009 and has claimed to have largely cleared the area.

But the militants regularly launch attacks, and the interview held with the AP indicated they move relatively freely. Ahsan arrived for the interview in a pick-up truck with two other Taliban commanders.

He was wearing a white shalwar kameez and a woolen Chitrali cap. He spoke with an assault rifle laid across his lap, and he and the other commanders fired into the air in celebration at the end of the interview.—AP

TTP spokesman denies Imran Khan death threat | DAWN.COM

The term "we see liberals as infidels" simply means anyone who does not conform to OUR ideas, is against...Islam?

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No its just mean TTP is a moronic uneducated ignorant thugs, who should be wiped out

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i agree magar itna asaan nai hai, they can come and go across the border as they please, they know the terrain better....and they are ruthless...defeating them wont be straightforward...or even possible

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They can come and go if they want but pak can wipe them or weaken them severly, but it will require trategy.

1 - High time to make FATA and PATA as 2 new provinces. That will allow political parties to come in and once one taste politics all rhetoric aside they get vested interest in state which helps with tempering somewhat the violence.

2 - Cantonments and direct induction in army, police i.e law and order as JSSF was done with Pannu Aqil chawni.

3 - Local governements massive infrastructure development.

Point 2 and 3 refers to providing jobs, once ppl have jobs they are less prone toward violence who doesn't like material things.

Lastly Musharraf formula of minning the whole border with Afghanistan

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and just only if TTP were not CIA's asset

Then why they targetted and killed Baitullah Mehsud? and tried killing Hakimullah Mehsud?

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