Regional analysts say Noor Wali Mehsud is a ‘theorist’ and in addition a ‘battlefield commander’. He goals to overthrow the Pakistani authorities and accuses it of betraying the traditions of the tribals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Even after signing a 48-hour ceasefire on October 15, tensions have remained excessive between Pakistan and Afghanistan with the previous accusing the latter of harbouring Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on its soil, a cost that has been constantly denied by Kabul. With tensions hovering between them, Pakistani forces launched an airstrike in Kabul on October 9 concentrating on an armoured Toyota Land Cruiser that it believes was carrying TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud.
Nonetheless, the strike did not neutralised Mehsud who launched a video on October 16, denying stories of his loss of life and saying that he’s at the moment in Pakistan’s Khyber tribal district and isn’t in Afghanistan. Within the video, Mehsud additionally urged his followers to proceed the jihad in opposition to Pakistan’s ‘evil’ forces.
Who’s Noor Wali Mehsud?
47-year-old Mehsud hails from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan area. He belongs to the Mechikhel sub-clan of the Mehsud tribe. Between 1996 and 1997, Mehsud had fought alongside the Afghan Taliban, taking part in conflicts akin to Battle of Mazar-i-Sharif and Battle of Kabul.
In 1999, he got here again to Pakistan, however solely to return to Afghanistan after the 9/11 assaults in the US. After the Taliban authorities was overthrown by the US, he joined the TTP in 2003. He rapidly rose by the ranks and have become a deputy to TTP chief Fazal Hayat alias Mullah Fazlullah.
In 2018, he grew to become the fourth emir of the TTP in spite of everything his predecessors had been neutralised by the US and Pakistan forces. Mehsud, who has authored a number of books, together with the Inqilab-e-Mehsud (The Mehsud Revolution), a 700-page guide on anti-colonial resistance in opposition to the British, is credited with reorganising the TTP.
A ‘theorist’ who needs to overthrow Pakistan govt
Regional analysts say Mehsud is a ‘theorist’ and in addition a ‘battlefield commander’. He goals to overthrow the Pakistani authorities and accuses it of betraying the traditions of the tribals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Abdul Sayed, an unbiased skilled on the area’s militancy, says Mehsud needs a authorities system that’s just like that of the Afghan Taliban.
Many specialists really feel that Taliban’s rise in Afghanistan has additionally allowed the TTP to behave freely within the area. Nonetheless, the Taliban authorities has constantly denied the fees, saying it needs peace with its neighbours. “We do not need battle with anybody. There’s peace in Afghanistan. Pakistan is just not our solely neighbour. We have now 5 different neighbours … All of them are pleased with us,” Taliban International Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi stated earlier this week.