[Dawn] A video released on Friday, showing Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) chief , Hakimullah Mehsud sitting with his deputy Waliur Rehman, dispells recent reports of a depeening rift between the two powerful cut-thoat commanders."There is no divide in TTP. I and Maulvi Waliur Rehman are one, and look, we are sitting together. The propaganda of a rift in Taliban ranks is totally untrue," says Mehsud pointing to Rehman in the 45-minute Pashto language video, a copy of which has been received by Dawn.com.
According to reports published earlier this month, Pak military officials had said that the two top TTP commanders were at loggerheads with each other, with Mehsud having lost operational control of the Pak Taliban and the moderate deputy leader Rehman set to take over the reins of the feared cut-thoat group.