The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has released video footage of the recent beheading of 12 Pakistani soldiers, justifying their killing and vowing to continue wage jihad until shari'a law is enforced in Pakistan.
The 9:10-minute video, titled "Ghazwat-ul-Hind" (Battle of India), was released by the TTP's Umar Media and sent to local journalists by TTP's Malakand chapter spokesman Sirajuddin. The Malakand Taliban, loyal to hardline cleric Maulana Fazlullah, are hiding in Kunar province of Afghanistan and from there carry out sporadic attacks on Pakistani military checkposts and allied tribal militias in Bajaur Agency, Dir Upper and Dir Lower districts of Pakistan. ...
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