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Afghanistan: Afghan Taliban reject TTP claim of being a 'branch of IEA'
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DHAKA, 12 December 2021, (TON): The Afghan Taliban have distanced themselves from the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) after the latter recently claimed it was a branch of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA).
TTP chief Mufti Noor Wali Mahsud, in a video available on social media and purportedly shot during his visit to Pakistan's northern areas, had declared that his outfit came under the larger umbrella of the IEA.
Mahsud, flanked by armed TTP fighters, can be seen saying in the video as he addressed a group of men "Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan is a branch of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [and] is a part of that umbrella on this land.”
Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid, in an interview with Arab News on Friday, rejected Mahsud's claim of affiliation with the IEA.
"They are not, as an organisation, part of IEA and we don’t share the same objectives,” Mujahid is quoted as saying by the publication.
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