Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said that the federal government while rejecting the conditions announced to end dialogues with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
Briefing the Senate Committee on Home Affairs, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that the Afghan Taliban had initially held talks with the banned TTP and tried to persuade them to settle issues with Pakistan government but the talks could not go ahead as there were things that could not be accepted. The interior minister said that there were people of the outlawed TTP in the border areas of Afghanistan and many groups may have come together, adding that two of their terrorists had been killed in Islamabad recently.
Sh Rashid said that the conditions laid out by them were not acceptable to the government following which they ended the ceasefire themselves, adding that we have received indications that negotiations will not succeed.
Regarding terrorism in Balochistan, the minister said the communication that was intercepted in Wednesday’s incidents, people were not only in touch with Afghanistan and India but also from other places. “Seven people including a army major were martyred in the attack,” he added.
Sheikh Rashid said that BNP was not capable to carry out attacks in Naushki and Panjgur, adding that Daesh and other militant organizations were also increasing terrorism in the country.
