Spokesperson for Omar Khalid Khurasani, top leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mohmand Agency, Sunday claimed to have killed 23 Frontier Corps (FC) personnel who were kidnapped by the Taliban in 2010, a private TV channel reported.
Addressing through a video recording, the spokesperson for Khurasani said that they had kidnapped FC personnel from Shongri Post, Mohmand Agency on June 14, 2010 and have killed them to avenge the killing of their men, the report added.
“We had been warning the government to stop killing our men but the government paid no heed. The government is killing our men in prisons and dumping their bodies on the streets. It is murdering us while asking us to ceasefire and hold dialogue. We will not tolerate this. The government should not account our courteousness as our weakness,” said the TTP leader.
He added that they will decide in their Shura whether they should take part in peace talks or not.
Khorasani aka Abdul Wali, is a former journalist from Mohmand Agency. Within organisational circles, he is known as a formidable military commander. He was also given additional charge of the Khyber agency chapter for a brief period where he orchestrated a bloody campaign against government-backed lashkars.