KABUL —According to security sources, Afghanistan’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) has begun relocating militants belonging to the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) into local Afghan communities under the pretext of “administrative restructuring.”
Sources indicate that this move, initiated after the recent Istanbul talks between Pakistani and Afghan intelligence chiefs, aims to provide TTP militants with safer cover amid increased international scrutiny.
A classified memo reviewed by sources reveals that the Taliban government has instructed local commanders to relocate TTP-affiliated individuals from their existing posts into nearby villages. The directive further advises that these militants be kept away from central camps while maintaining “ethnic and religious harmony,” to avoid detection by Pakistani intelligence agencies.
Pakistan’s Reaction and Rising Concerns
Security circles in Islamabad view this development as a new strategy to shield terrorists under a non-combat guise. Officials argue that the move contradicts the assurances given by the Afghan delegation during the Istanbul negotiations, where both sides had agreed to curb cross-border militancy.
Pakistan’s military leadership has repeatedly warned that any attack launched from Afghan soil will be met with a decisive and timely response. Security analysts further caution that if the Taliban administration continues this policy, it could amount to a blatant violation of international peace accords, a step likely to deepen Afghanistan’s diplomatic and economic isolation on the global stage..
