Pak Taliban blame foreign elements for sabotaging peace talks

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) today claimed foreign elements were involved in recent terror attacks aimed at sabotaging the troubled peace talks which may resume this week.
Taliban negotiating committee member Ibrahim Khan also said they are finding out details about Ahrarul Hind, a splinter group of TTP, that had claimed responsibility for recent terror attacks.
Khan blamed foreign elements for recent terror incidents and said they are aimed at sabotaging the peace talks.
The Taliban has disowned terror acts and assured they will not put the government into any hassle.
The second phase of the direct peace talks between the government and Taliban is likely to start this week, Dawn quoted sources as saying.

The venue for talks will be decided shortly.

Peace talks between the government and the Taliban struck an impasse last month after a faction of the militant group killed 23 kidnapped Pakistani para-military soldiers.
The killings resulted in multiple targeted airstrikes by the military against militant hideouts in the tribal region of the northwest.
The Taliban then announced a one-month ceasefire which was reciprocated by the government that halted its airstrikes.
The government has formed a new four-member committee to mediate with the Taliban's negotiating team.
Ahrarul Hind, which splintered from the TTP just a month ago, had claimed responsibility for an attack on a court in Islamabad earlier this month that claimed 11 lives.

They had also claimed responsibility for attacks in Peshawar and Quetta this month that killed 19 people.
The attacks took place during the ceasefire.