Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD: At least six terrorists of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), including important commanders, were killed while 15 others were seriously injured in an IED blast in Afghanistan’s Khost Province.
TTP commanders Abdul Manan, Alam Khan Mudakhel, Kajir and three other unknown members of the terror outfit were killed in the blast. Meanwhile, the wounded include Commander Fazl Amin, Commander Muhammad Alias ‘Tofan’, Commander Noor Payo Khan, Faqeerullah, Turzai, Sat Kare, Ali Sher Khan, Zubair, Hijratullah, Kamal, Sher Afzal, Bakhtullah, Zabeehullah and two other unknown militants.
TTP leadership facing confusion, dissent
Following the blast, there is a wave of confusion and dissension among the TTP leadership. It is being discussed in TTP circles that the recent visit of Pakistani delegation to Afghanistan has led to an increase in problems for the terror outfit. Meanwhile, the lower-level TTP members are becoming increasingly suspicious of the senior leadership of Afghan Taliban.
These occurances are a clear sign of increasing intelligence ingress within the rank and file of the terror group. In a separate incident, the in-charge of TTP’s Umar Media Group, Mukaram Harasani, was also seriously injured.
