The Pakistan
based Talibans have offered peace talks with the Pakistan government yesterday. This
offer has come within few hours of one of their suicide bombers had killed 22
soldiers.
The said suicide explosion has also injured 30 other
Pakistani soldiers in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province situated in the North West part of the
country.
Shahidullah Shahid the Tehrik – e – Taliban Pakistan
spokesman has claimed the responsibility of Sunday’s deadly blasts by issuing a
statement.
He has mentioned that a bomber was used with explosives
laden vehicle and targeted the security forces in Bannu’s army area which
killed dozens of soldiers.
As per the Chinese news agency Xinhua, in retaliation the Pakistan soldiers later shelled the suspected
hideouts of the Pakistan Talibans and killed many in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan.
“Our stance about dialogue is very clear. If the government
proves its powers and sincerity, we are ready for any meaningful talks despite losing many people at our end.” Shahidullah said in the statement.
He also claimed that Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud and his
deputy Walli-ur-Rehman Mehsud were also killed “under the pretext of the
dialogue.”
Both the leaders were killed in a US
driven drone attacks in the North Waziristan
few months back and since then Taliban were wowing to take revenge on Pakistani
forces.
