The Pakistan Army clashed with Afghan forces after shooting in several places along the Pak-Afghan border in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, according to a Dawn report on Saturday. The intense exchange began after the Taliban forces allegedly set fire to various Pakistani border posts late Saturday night. “In a fast and intense response, Pakistani forces have effectively targeted several Afghan border posts,” Dawn reported that security officers were quoted. According to officials, several Afghan posts and militant formations affected a lot, officials said. Who is behind the attacks? According to a report from the Express Tribune, the attacks on Pakistan were made to facilitate the entry of the banned Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to the Pakistani area. However, the Taliban forces claimed that the attack was carried out in response to Pakistan’s Afghanistan air strikes last week. Islamabad did not confirm that it was behind the attacks, but called on Kabul to stop containing the Teheek-I-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on his ground, ‘reports Dawn. What is TTP? The Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as Pakistani Taliban, is a Deobandi-Jihadis Pashtun Nationalist militant group that works along the Afghan-Pakistan Border. It is an internationally designated terror group. The TTP gathered in 2007 as an alliance of previously diverse militant groups. It was founded after Pakistan performed military operations against al-Qaida-related terrorists in the federal-granted tribal areas. Who is the founder of TTP? The TTP was founded by Baitullah Mehsud, who has since died. According to the United Nations, the group has between 30,000 and 35,000 members. What does the TTP want? According to the UN website, “TTP’s stated goal is the overthrow of the elected government of Pakistan in order to establish an emirate based on the interpretation of Islamic law. TTP has worked to the purpose of destabilizing Pakistan by directly attacking the Pakistanic army and killing politicians.” Pakistan closes the border with Afghanistan Pakistan Sunday border crossings with Afghanistan, Pakistani officials said after the exchange of fire between the powers of the two countries. While the firing changes were mostly over on Sunday, the interrupted gunfire in the Curram area in Pakistan continued, Reuters reported that he had quoted officials. Pakistan’s two most important border crossings with Afghanistan, in Torkham and Chaman, were closed on Sunday, local officials said. At least three minor intersections, at Kharlachi, Angoor Adda and Ghulam Khan, were also closed, local officials said. There was no immediate comments from Kabul about the closure of the border.
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