Heavy fighting as differences between Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and TTP intensified.
Recently, on the intervening night of February 15 and 16, Jamaat-ul-Ahrars senior leader Qari Zia-ur-Rehman alias Qari Ismail was seriously injured in an assassination attack in Lalpura Nagar Har district.
The target killing is linked to the ongoing war between two terrorist factions which has been confirmed by other members of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Qari Zia-ur-Rehman alias Qari Ismail hails from Khyber district of KPK and has been working in these important areas for the past 10 years.
As a result of their terrorist attacks in Punjab and Peshawar, these commanders martyred many law enforcement officers and civilians.
Differences between Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and TTP however surfaced after the assassination of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar leader Omar Khalid Khorasani in August 2022.
The dismissal of two Jamaat-ul-Ahrar commanders from ministerial posts by the TTP central council under the leadership of Mehsud Wali in the past is also a major reason for the differences.
Both the terrorist organizations want to dominate the Khyber region after which things have now reached the point of war