TTP group claims responsibility for GHQ attack
LAHORE: The Ajmad Farooqi splinter group of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the attack on the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, a private TV channel reported on Saturday. A member of the group told the channel the Taliban would continue their subversive actions until the government stopped the military operation in the countrys north; held former president Pervez Musharraf accountable for his actions; forced Blackwater US private security firm to leave the country; shut down all western non-governmental organisations in the north; and secured the immediate release of detained Taliban.
Posted by: Steve White 2009-10-11 |