Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid has said that the Taliban are serious in conducting peace talks with Government. He said, in this regard all affiliated groups and factions of TTP have been contacted and the organization will soon reach a consensus on ceasefire.
He also mentioned that ones the TTP ameer Fazlullah’s takes any decision it will be obligatory on all groups to pursue it.
He stressed that the Taliban factions will not face any difficulty in following their ameer’s decision.
Shahid also said that a decision will be made soon, adding that the TTP is taking the ongoing peace negotiations seriously.
Regarding the killings of the 23 Frontier Corps (FC) men, the TTP spokesperson stated that an explanation regarding the killings is necessary.
Shahid also said that the issue will be discussed at a meeting of the TTP shura, adding that such incidents need to be avoided for the success of the peace talks.
The peace talks took a new turn two weeks after they began following a claim from the Mohmand Agency chapter of the TTP on February 16 that they had executed 23 soldiers who were kidnapped in June 2010.
The paramilitary soldiers from the FC vanished after the TTP attacked their check post in Mohmand tribal district on June 17, 2010.