The truce only lasted five months.
The Pakistani Taliban announced Monday the end of the ceasefire they had declared in June but which was only very partially respected, and ordered their fighters to carry out attacks throughout Pakistan.
“As military operations continue against the mujahideen in different areas (…), it is imperative that you carry out attacks wherever possible in the country”, asked the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to its men, according to a statement.
The TTP had extended indefinitely in June a truce in progress for a few weeks, due to "progress" in the peace negotiations with representatives of the Pakistani state which began in May in the Afghan capital, Kabul, under the mediation of the Afghan Taliban. .
Since June, a truce not really respected
But this ceasefire was never really respected, neither by the TTP which continued its attacks, no longer directed against civilians as before but mainly against the security forces, nor by the Pakistani army which continued to chase his fighters.
The TTP is a separate group from the Afghan Taliban.
But he shares a common ideology and long history with them, and was invigorated by their return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, with the withdrawal of US forces after two decades of war.
It was created in 2007 by Pakistani jihadists allied with Al-Qaeda.
Weakened from 2014 by intense army operations, it has come back in force since the summer of 2020 and even more so since the Afghan Taliban came to power.
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