No more moral policing, Taliban now targeting Pak and foreign soldiers

The Pakistan Taliban which was earlier involved with moral policing is now focusing on fighting Pakistani and foreign soldiers in Afghanistan, the Christian Science Monitor has claimed.

Washington, Oct 5 : The Pakistan Taliban which was earlier involved with moral policing is now focusing on fighting Pakistani and foreign soldiers in Afghanistan, the Christian Science Monitor has claimed.

"Now, the training camps over here are shunned, and everybody is on the road to get training in suicide attacks and other tactics inside Afghanistan," Majnoon, a 26-year old Pakistani Taliban, said.

"Now that the peace agreement is shelved, it is very difficult for us to move in groups or convoys," the Daily Times quoted Majnoon, as saying.

Qari Afsar, another Pakistani Taliban, said, "We have their (Afghans') cooperation in every aspect, in bread, butter, life, weapons, everything."

According to a Taliban fighter, the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban coordinate their attacks with use of satellite phones.

"We have a special wireless system through which we communicate. We don't feel any kind of fear that anyone will spy on us or the government will arrest us, because the other side of the border is also our land," one of their leaders said.

ANI