Pakistan's security continues to be threatened by terrorists based in Afghanistan, Pakistan Prime Minister's National Security Adviser and Head of National Security Agency (NSA) Moeed Yusuf said.
"There are organized terrorist networks operating in Afghanistan and they continue to pose a threat to Pakistan and to carry out raids in our country," The News International quoted Yusuf as saying on Friday following a meeting of Pakistan's National Assembly (lower house of parliament) standing committee on foreign affairs the previous day to discuss the country's internal and external security.
The radical Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), operating from Afghan territory and refusing to abide by a ceasefire agreement with the Pakistani government, has resumed its forays into Pakistan, the NSA head said. "We are forced to continue the armed struggle against those who have declared war on our country," Yusuf stressed.
On December 9, 2021, the TTP unilaterally terminated a cease-fire agreement signed in November with Pakistani authorities. The movement's leader, mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, ordered the Taliban militia to resume fighting against Pakistani government forces.
The terrorist group Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan operates mainly in the northwestern regions of Pakistan and along the border with Afghanistan. Its members oppose the Pakistani government and system of power in the country and seek to establish a "true Islamic state" in Pakistan.
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Based on materials from TASS