Pakistan's Taliban Have Now Joined With Al Qaeda

Waziristan Taliban Alliance Declares Support For Osama Bin Laden And Mullah Omar -- Long War Journal

The three senior-most Taliban leaders in North and South Waziristan have joined forces to wage jihad against Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the US at the behest of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar. The new Taliban alliance said it openly supports Omar and bin Laden in its war against the US, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

North Waziristan Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadar and South Waziristan leaders Mullah Nazir and Baitullah Mehsud put aside differences last week and created the Council of United Mujahideen. Previously, Nazir and Bahadar had feuded with Baitullah due to tribal disputes as well as Baitullah’s rising power as the senior leader of the Pakistani Taliban.

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More News On The Taliban-Al Qaeda Alliance In Pakistan

Pakistani Taliban Unite Against US -- Washington Times
Wanted in Pakistan: Competent Counterinsurgency -- The New Yorker
Confusion Hangs Over Pakistan's Pact With Taliban -- Los Angeles Times
Pakistani Taliban Extend Cease-Fire -- Associated Press
Taliban Accepts Pakistan Cease-Fire -- New York Times
Taleban Swat truce 'indefinite' -- BBC
Can Pakistan Regain Control of Swat from the Taliban? -- Time Magazine
US Aid to Pakistan Military Underfunded, Report Says -- Associated Press
Pak govt's peace deal with Taliban a 'dramatic setback':expert -- Press Trust India
For Pakistan's Swat Residents, Uneasy Calm -- Christian Science Monitor
Pakistan's Extremist Triumph -- Los Angeles Times opinion

My Comment: The truth is now out. There is no pretending it anymore. The Taliban and Al Qaeda are one and the same.