The TTP’s Termination Of The Cease-Fire May Lead The Chief Of The Pakistani Army To Abandon Bajwa’s Apolitical Army Policy
To the dismay of politicians, the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTPannouncement )’s that the six-month-old truce with Pakistan will break may lead new Army Chief General Asim Munir to reverse former establishment chief Qamar Javed Bajwa’s concept of the apolitical army.
TTP is a collective name for a number of extremist Sunni militant organizations that want to impose Sharia law in Pakistan. According to Magda Lipan’s article in the policy research group POREG, it has safe havens on both sides of the Durand Line, which separates Pakistan from Afghanistan, and it has been a known ally of the Taliban regime, which was previously thought of as Islamabad’s proxy.
On November 28, the TTP ordered its members to launch operations across the nation after calling off a tenuous ceasefire with the government.
In a statement, the TTP claimed that they had broken the June cease-fire that had been arranged with the government.
The TTP’s decision to break the cease-fire indicates that the banned group from Pakistan TTP has abandoned the “Haqqani faction” of the Afghan Taliban in favor of the rival “Kandahari faction,” which is led by Defense Minister Mullah Yaqoob. According to a think tank, the TTP threats that surfaced as Asim Munir assumed the position of Pakistan’s new Army Chief make this abundantly clear.
During the military operation against the TTP, the Army Chief had a significant impact. Additionally, he assassinated some of the TTP’s top commanders, including Abdul Wali, also known as Omar Khalid Khorasani.
The nomination of Munir and Islamabad’s growing inclination toward Washington is not popular among the Afghan Taliban in Kabul.
The fact that TTP activities in Pakistan have intensified since the Taliban left Kabul cannot be a coincidence. These are now expected to get worse. It will prepare the ground for Pakistan’s military action against Pashtun tribes and Afghan mujahideen to intensify. Pakistan’s political and economic unrest will increase as a result.
In addition to the deteriorating trust between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Pakistan Army’s crackdown on their people in Bannu, Lakki Marwat, and other pockets of the border region are what provokes the TTP, according to POREG.
Taliban 2.0 and Pakistan have been in conflict over the international border since their return to Kabul more than a year ago because Islamabad wants to fence it. In addition, the Pakistani Army’s persecution of Pashtun tribes has heightened animosity between the two nations. The Pakistani Army has been held accountable by the TTP for conducting military operations against Afghan mujahideen.
Even China will not benefit from the TTP’s decision. China wants to expand the ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan in order to play a role in the Kabul theater. The militant group had previously carried out a number of deadly attacks on CPEC projects. In accordance with POREG, they will now rise.
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