Islamabad: The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan
has denounced reports that it planned to attack Peshawar, saying the
North-West Frontier Province capital "is not Srinagar that we want to
capture it". In a statement, the chief of the Taliban militants,
Baitullah Mehsud, accused the government of sponsoring propaganda about
an impending attack on Peshawar to justify new military operations
against his men, The News reported Saturday.
"Peshawar isn't
Srinagar that we want to capture it. Taliban cannot think of damaging
their beloved Peshawar, which is the capital and identity of our
province," Mehsud said in the statement.
The Taliban commander
was referring to the summer capital of India's Jammu and Kashmir, the
urban hub of Pakistan-backed separatist campaign that has raged for
nearly two decades.
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