| Taqiyyah or hudna? |
Wazoo and concentrate attacks on NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
forces in Afghanistan instead
| Remembering always that the Afghan Taliban are a wholly owned subsidiary of the ISI... |
The ceasefire does not apply to the rest of the country, where there are often fierce festivities between the Taliban and security services.
Thousands of Pak soldiers are stationed in North Waziristan, a tribal region along the Afghan border.
There have been occasional festivities there between the soldiers and Taliban, but a leaflet issued by Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud ordered those to stop. A senior commander confirmed the pamphlet's veracity.
"O Mujahideen brothers! As you know, the Pak and Afghan Taliban under the leadership of Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid are engaged in jihad against the crusaders and infidels,
| That is to say, the American-led Coalition... |
"The enemy does not want to see us united and disciplined against them and are trying to divide us," it continued.
The Taliban have formed alliances with a number of other jihad boy groups in North Waziristan who are violently opposed to the Pak state.
DIVISIONS IN THE INSURGENCY
Some Taliban capos are divided over whether the Pak state or NATO forces are their top target.
Those divisions were laid bare in November by an attempted suicide kaboom on Mullah Nazir, a top jihad boy commander from the Wazir tribe in South Waziristan. He had signed a peace deal with the Mighty Pak Army but supported attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan.
The attack was widely believed to be the work of rival Taliban capos, and the Wazir tribe ordered Hakimullah Mehsud's tribe out of their lands.
Mullah Nazir was killed in a drone strike this month and it is unclear if his successor will continue his policies, or what relationship the Wazir tribe will have with the Mehsud tribe.
Mighty Pak Army officials have also told Rooters that there are tensions between Mehsud and his deputy. The two men recently appeared together in a video to deny the allegations.
The decision to halt attacks against the Mighty Pak Army in North Waziristan could signal the Pak Taliban's intention to help the Afghan Taliban fight US-led NATO forces in the neighbouring country, or focus more closely on attacking Western targets inside Pakistain.
Or it could be more specifically aimed at unifying local factions. Mehsud's statement specifically addressed both imported muscle and local Taliban.