“Pakistan faces significant challenges in its fight against the TTP, both in the country and across the border in Afghanistan, an Islamabad-based geopolitical commentator has told Sputnik India.

The Taliban has long been under pressure from the Pakistani government to take serious action against not just the TTP, but the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA*) and Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP*) as well.

However, the Taliban authorities continue to deny they have any presence on their side of the border, which is interesting because they continue to lobby Qatar, China, and Pakistan for funds to re-settle the TTP from the border regions into other provinces in Afghanistan.”