TTP and Daesh equated as equal threats

Pakistan has been telling the international interlocutors that there is no distinction between the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Daesh in an effort to galvanise support for exerting pressure on the Afghan Taliban government.

Many countries in the region and beyond consider Daesh as an immediate threat while they view the TTP as Pakistan’s problem. This view held by certain countries is making it difficult for Islamabad to garner the kind of support it needed against the TTP.

Against the backdrop of ongoing surge in terrorist attacks in Pakistan, authorities are briefing key stakeholders about the TTP posing a threat to their interests. One of the arguments Pakistan is making with those countries is that both the TTP and Daesh are the same.

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