Six top Taliban leaders in Pakistan pledged their allegiance to ISIS and Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi.
Six top TTP commanders announce allegiance to… by dawn-news
Dawn reported:
Six top commanders of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, including spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, have announced their allegiance to Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi of the Islamic State and an allegiance statement was also issued in this regard.
Shahidullah Shahid in the statement said he along with five TTP district chiefs have announced their allegiance to IS, also known as Daish, and would be their lead fighters in Pakistan.
The statement did not elaborate on the stance of the six on Mullah Omar, chief of the Afghan Taliban widely regarded by militant groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan as the Amirul Momineen (leader of the faithful).
“I am confirming my allegiance to Amirul Momineen Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi and would abide by all his decisions, whatever is the order, and whatsoever the circumstances, I shall be loyal to him and obey his orders,” Shaidullah Shahid said in a statement issued in Arabic and Urdu.
The official spokesperson of Tehreek-e-Taliban, Shahid Allah Shahid, pledges allegiance to IS http://t.co/aYnpXRjL25 pic.twitter.com/dSQneRPWXi
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