Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Hizb-ul-Ahrar have announced their merger with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan

 

The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had split due to internal differences but is now reuniting, with the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Hizb-ul-Ahrar formally announcing their merger on Monday. ۔ These factions have been carrying out extremist activities on their own and contacts between these factions started a few days ago. According to a statement from the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jamaat-ul-Ahrar chief Omar Khalid Khorasani and Hizb-ul-Ahrar's Amir Omar Khorasani pledged allegiance to the TTP's Amir Abu Asim Mansoor on migration and jihad to their former parties (Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Hizb Al-Ahrar) and pledged that their parties would adhere to the sharia principles of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Efforts were made to do so and in the last few days, almost all matters were settled. Sources said that there were differences on a few issues which were resolved on Sunday night. A statement issued by the TTP a few days ago also said that "efforts are being made for the unification of all these organizations and good news has been given soon." Pakistan was founded and the organization was involved in a number of extremist activities. The organization has been headed by Naik Muhammad, Baitullah Mehsud, Hakimullah Mehsud, Maulana Fazlullah, Khan Syed Sajna, and other commanders. After the death of Hakimullah Mehsud, divisions within the organization escalated, leading to factionalism.  Ihsanullah Ihsan, a spokesman for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and later Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, told the BBC that in August 2015, some of the movement's commanders had differences over the organization process, which led to the August 2015 crackdown. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar was founded. After that, some people also separated from Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and in November 2017, a new organization called Hizb-ul-Ahrar was formed.

Ehsanullah Ehsan told the BBC in a written statement that "Jamaat-ul-Ahrar had split from the TTP on the basis of administrative differences because at the time they demanded that the TTP's organizational structure be Afghan-style." All work should be done by an independent council in which all groups are represented according to their status and capacity. There were differences in the TTP at the time over the issue, which led to the formation of a new organization. Ehsanullah Ehsan added that the style of the organization of the Afghan Taliban is that every commander has an open front. That is, he can carry out operations and groupings wherever he wants with regular permission and the extremists have the right to go to any group they want, while the organizational structure of the Pakistani Taliban is based on tribal divisions where each extremist with only his tribal leader. Is connected, which was objected to and is now discussed.

According to Ehsanullah Ehsan, the TTP's other major problem was its central shura, meaning that each group has a representative in the central shura, while the Afghan Taliban have only talented people in the central shura.  He said that in his view, these groups have realized that their power will be divided by staying separate, so they are getting closer to each other.  He said that looking at the statistics and ground realities, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar has been more active in anti-Pakistan groups and has been more supportive of militancy than reconciliation. Omar Khalid Khorasani and his group have never been persuaded to negotiate with their opponents.

According to Ehsanullah Ehsan, the current leadership of the TTP, Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, as soon as he became Amir, devoted all his energy to re-incorporating the angry groups into the TTP and he succeeded. There are reports that other factions that have been carrying out extremist activities in different areas are also being contacted so that they can be brought together under one organization. Earlier, Shehryar Mehsud's faction, which had formed a separate group in the Tehreek-e-Taliban, had also agreed on the TTP's leadership. Ehsanullah Ehsan told the BBC in writing that Jamaat-ul-Ahrar had split from the TTP over administrative differences after Operation Zarb-e-Azb, although militant activity had gradually subsided Major events also took place. These incidents of violence are still taking place in selected areas  Most of which are targeted killings. Retired Brigadier Mahmood Shah, a defense expert, told the BBC that there were reports that these people were trying to unite, but that time had passed and that these people had become ineffective and their efforts were now in Pakistan. Not succeeding. He said that there was an attempt by these militants to surrender and return but their efforts were not fruitful as the government could not forgive them in any way. He said that after Operation Zarb-e-Azb, the people of the movement have dispersed and they are not getting any more people to join them, so these people are trying on their own but they will not succeed. '