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TTP eyeing merger with Al-Qaeda: UN committee

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KABUL (Pajhwok): The Pakistani Taliban are reportedly eyeing a merger with Al Qaeda to form a larger entity shielding all insurgent outfits in South Asia, says a UN monitoring committee.

The committee, monitoring terrorist activities around the world, issued the warning in a report submitted to the UN Security Council

“Some member states registered concerns that TTP might provide an umbrella under which a range of foreign groups operate, avoiding attempts at control by the Taliban,” the committee said.

According to Dawn, the panel confirmed Islamabad’s view that the outlawed TTP had gained greater influence in Afghanistan over the . . .

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