ISLAMABAD:
As fighter aircraft conducted overnight airstrikes at the positions of
Taliban militants in North Waziristan, the Taliban on Sunday said they
will give a tough reply to the operation.
In a statement, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said they were keeping an account of the ‘dozens of innocent people’ killed in Sunday’s military strikes.Shahid said they had not closed the doors of dialogue with the government and were still ready for meaningful talks. However, he insisted that the government should adopt a serious approach to revive the process.
He said they were ready for meaningful talks with the government as their negotiation team was still intact.“The government has constantly adopted a non-serious approach and instead of focusing on the peace process, it started creating a rift within the Taliban to divide them. This forced us to end the ceasefire and launch counter-attacks which was our right and obligation under the Islamic system,” the TTP spokesman said.
Shahid disputed the military’s claim about the Taliban casualties in Sunday’s strikes and claimed that “civilians were also killed.”He said the leaders were fooling the nation through attractive slogans and urged the people of Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Islam-minded people of Punjab to stay at an arm’s length from this war of the rulers.He said the ruling elite had sold off sensitive issues like peace and security for dollars after making billions in different walks of life.
In a statement, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said they were keeping an account of the ‘dozens of innocent people’ killed in Sunday’s military strikes.Shahid said they had not closed the doors of dialogue with the government and were still ready for meaningful talks. However, he insisted that the government should adopt a serious approach to revive the process.
He said they were ready for meaningful talks with the government as their negotiation team was still intact.“The government has constantly adopted a non-serious approach and instead of focusing on the peace process, it started creating a rift within the Taliban to divide them. This forced us to end the ceasefire and launch counter-attacks which was our right and obligation under the Islamic system,” the TTP spokesman said.
Shahid disputed the military’s claim about the Taliban casualties in Sunday’s strikes and claimed that “civilians were also killed.”He said the leaders were fooling the nation through attractive slogans and urged the people of Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Islam-minded people of Punjab to stay at an arm’s length from this war of the rulers.He said the ruling elite had sold off sensitive issues like peace and security for dollars after making billions in different walks of life.
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