Taliban relocate kin of TTP members to placate Pak

Afghanistan’s interim Taliban government has relocated some family members of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from border regions to other parts of the country, in an effort to placate Pakistan’s growing anger.

A senior Pakistani official confirmed the development on Tuesday but emphasised the move was too little to address the country’s long-standing concerns, the Express Tribune newspaper reported.

It is believed that the latest move by the Afghan Taliban came after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) nudged the Kabul administration to address Pakistan’s concerns over the terrorist hideouts, the paper said.

Taliban’s acting interior minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, along with the Taliban intelligence chief recently travelled to the UAE and held talks with the Gulf country’s leadership. A Pakistani delegation also visited the Gulf country as part of efforts to address the issue of TTP, the paper said. There was no official confirmation from either side about the development and potential role being played by the UAE to ease tensions between the two countries.