Tag: Ttp

Britain moves to ban TTP

LONDON - Britain on Tuesday moved to ban the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), making its membership a criminal offence and rendering illegal any attempts to raise money for the group in this country.
"I have laid an order which will proscribe the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. Proscription is a tough but necessary power to tackle terrorism and is not a course of action we take lightly," Home Secretary Theresa May said. "Proscription means that membership of the TTP will become a

TTP claims sending 10 suicide bombers to FATA

KARACHI - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Swat has claimed dispatching a batch of 10 suicide bombers to the Tribal Areas to fight security forces combating militants near the Afghanistan border.
In the latest video message, Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah said, "Four of the suicide bombers have completed their tasks, while a group of another 300 bombers are ready to take their turn." The video shows 10 young would-be bombers, their faces covered in head-scarves, listening to Fazlullah,

4 TTP men arrested

KARACHI: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) arrested four alleged Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) members believed to be involved in the CID office blast, and recovered a huge cache of weapons from their possession in Sohrab Goth on Saturday.
Sources told Pakistan Today that a CID team, headed by SP Chaudhry Aslam, received a tip off about six TTP men being present at a place in Gharo and raided it. However, the militants managed to flee. Later, the team conducted a raid