The Taliban has freed more than a hundred Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists including several top commanders from Afghanistan prisons. Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, the former deputy chief of TTP has also been released.

According to Times Now’s Pradeep Dutta, the TTP fighters have rejoined their group after being freed from Afghan jails.

The Taliban has also released several top commanders of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State.

TTP aims to overthrow the Pakistani government

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is a terrorist organization that has posed a threat to Pakistan on several occasions. It aims to overthrow the Pakistani government and receives ideological guidance from al-Qaeda.

A majority of its recruits come from the tribal belt along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border.

Experts have opined that the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is likely to boost the morale of various extremist groups in the Middle East and is likely to lead to new alliances with an increased danger of terrorist attacks.

Islamic State, al-Qaeda and other smaller groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan will become stronger, DW quoted terrorism expert and researcher Guido Steinberg as saying in a video chat.

“Jihadis, Salafists and Islamists see that the Americans can be beaten, the Taliban have now proven that,” he added.

Resistance front against the Taliban in Panjshir Valley

He further said that while many ISIS, Taliban and al-Qaeda leaders have been enemies, the new generation might shun their differences to work together towards a common goal.

Meanwhile, an anti-Taliban resistance is gaining ground in Afghanistan in the Panjshir Valley with Ahmad Massoud, the son of Afghanistan’s most famed anti-Taliban fighter Ahmed Shah Massoud, saying he was “ready to follow in his father’s footsteps”.

Writing in Washington Post, he said that the resistance requires more weapons, ammunition, and supplies to counter the Taliban.

“If Taliban warlords launch an assault, they will, of course, face staunch resistance from us,” he added.