Pakistan's Taliban Leaders Pledge Allegiance To The Islamic State

TTP spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid. PHOTO: INP

Pakistani Taliban Leaders Pledge Allegiance to Islamic State -- Wall Street Journal

PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Six senior members of the Pakistani Taliban, including prominent regional leaders, Tuesday pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and its head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a potentially explosive rift within militant circles here that could lead to new violence.

“I pledge allegiance to the Caliph of Muslims…Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,” said the spokesman Shahidullah Shahid. “I will listen to and obey his every order, even if the situation is difficult, whether I like the order or not.”

Mr. Shahid added that the six men didn’t represent the Pakistani Taliban, which remains in allegiance to Mullah Mohammad Omar, the spiritual leader of the Afghan Taliban.

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