UN says over 6,000 anti-Pakistan militants are hiding in Afghanistan and many have linked up with Daesh terror group there
TTP took responsibility for one of the most horrific attacks in Pakistan in 2014 when a Pakistani army school was attacked and 140 people, mostly students, were killed.
A big worry for Pakistan is the presence in Afghanistan of militants, particularly linked to the TTP or Jamaat-al Ahrar or Lashkar-e-Islam, as well as those with the Balochistan Liberation Army, which has taken responsibility for high profile attacks this month in the southern Sindh province as well as in southwestern Balochistan Province.
The report was prepared by the UN analytical and sanctions monitoring team, which tracks terrorist groups around the world.The report estimated the membership of Daesh affiliate in Afghanistan at 2,200 and while its leadership has been depleted it still counts among its leaders a Syrian national Abu Said Mohammad al Khorasani.
The second and perhaps the most critical part of that agreement calls for talks between the Taliban and Kabul's political leadership. Until now the government is refusing to release nearly 600 Taliban prisoners it calls high-profile criminals and has offered to free alternatives. Taliban-Kabul talks
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