In an email, Mujahid said there was no truth in the association of the pamphlet with Omar, adding that the leadership of the Afghan Taliban had no knowledge of it.
He said the pamphlets appear to have been taken out by local group(s) and had no association with the Afghan Taliban leadership.
The pamphlet, apparently quoting Omar, had called for seeking guidance from the Holy Koran to resolve differences between TTP's Khan Said and Sheheryar groups amid reports of rifts widening between the two.
The pamphlet which was written in Pashto carried Omar's name and was issued in Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a
ministatein centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
(North
Wazoo) on Monday.Stating that there were serious differences among fighters of the Mehsud tribe in South Waziristan, the pamphlet had asked them to recite verses from Koran to end hostilities.
Clashes between the Khan Said and Sheheryar groups have left a large number of gunnies dead and injured.
The two groups are fighting to capture the TTP leadership in South Waziristan.
Sheheryar has refused to accept Khan Said alias Sajna as chief of TTP's Mehsud gunnies and has declared himself as their leader.