TTP | Pakistan
TTP demands political office in third country, Pakistan govt calls it 'unacceptable'
Islamabad/IBNS: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has asked the Pakistan government during the recently held talks to allow it to open a political office in a third country, and the 'demand' has been rejected by Islamabad as 'unacceptable', according to media reports.
The Imran Khan-government in Pakistan and the TTP entered into a truce for a month which had started from Nov 9.
The ceasefire was the result of a series of meetings held between the Pakistani officials and the TTP representatives in Afghanistan.
The talks were brokered by the Taliban government, particularly the Haqqani network. Both sides held at least three rounds of talks—one in Kabul and the other two meetings took place in Khost, reports The Express Tribune.
The Pakistan government and the TTP also formed committees to take the process forward and try to convert the ceasefire into a permanent peace deal, reports the news paper.
Sources told The Express Tribune that the TTP in a series of meetings with Pakistani officials made three demands that include allowing the opening of a political office in a third country, reversal of the Federal Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) merger with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and introduction of Islamic system in Pakistan.
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