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Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan
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(TTP) Forming
TalibanTehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is an alliance of militant groups in Pakistan formed in 2007 to unify groups fighting against the Pakistani military in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. -
Assassination
Islamabad has blamed TTP for most of the terrorist attacks in Pakistan since the group was founded, including the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in December 2007. -
Baitullah Mahsud killed
Baitullah Mahsud, the first TTP leader, was killed in an explosion on 5 August 2009 and was succeeded by Hakimullah Mahsud, who vowed to deploy suicide operatives to the United States. -
Failed bomb Attack
TTP Spokesman calim responsibility for failed vehicle bomb attack in Times Square in New York City on 1 May 2010. -
Revenge
In June 2011, a spokesman vowed to attack the United States and Europe in revenge for the death of Usama Bin Ladin. -
Retalliation
TTP in 2011 claimed responsibility for a number of attacks in Pakistan in the aftermath of Bin Ladin’s death—including a bombing of a Frontier Constabulary training center, an assault on a Pakistani naval base in Karachi, a bombing of a Criminal Investigation Division building in Peshawar, and a bombing of a police station. TTP claimed each attack was in retaliation for Bin Ladin’s death. -
Past bombings
A suspect associated with the TTP and said to have connection to the November 11 bombing of the CID offices in Civil Lines area of Karachi was arrested by Security officials in Rahimyar Khan District of Punjab while he was returning from Karachi. -
Arresting Relatives of (TTP)
Police arrested two close relatives of the TTP ‘commander’ Hafizullah in connection with the attack on ANP Senator Zahid Khan’s Hujra on January 25 from Balambat Police Station area of Timergara town of Lower Dir District. -
Spy Caught and Killed
The TTP killed an alleged spy and threw his body in Shni Kalay area of Frontier Region Kohat. The deceased was later identified as, Hamid Khan Afridi, a resident of Pirwalkhel village located in Akhorwal area. -
Killings
The bullet-riddled bodies of nine TTP militants were found dumped on the side of the road in Peer Kaley village in North Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas FATA. Unidentified people threw away these nine bodies. No one knows who killed them
