[6] At the same time, Mullah Umar send a message through Maulana Dadullah, his envoy, to all factions including Baitullah Mehsud in North and South Waziristan that they were to abandon all other activities and join forces with the Taliban in Afghanistan. His words were:

"Immediately stop attacks on Pakistani security forces. This will lead to chaos and cannot be termed as Islamic Jihad.... Jihad is being waged in Afghanistan so leave your place and come to Afghanistan to join the jihad against the Americans and it's infidel allies".

Pakistani Taliban paid no attention to Mullah Umar's call. Almost 50,000 fighters incl Chechens, Uzbeks, Arabs had gathered in two Waziristans in early 2006. Tahir Yaldochiv issued a fatwa which prioritize fighting against Pakistan army over waging the war against the West.

Afghan Taliban were shocked. This resulted in clashes between the foreign fighters and and loyalists of Mullah Nazir who was the commander of Taliban in Wana. To avoid any further internecine warfare, Al Qaeda gathered all Pakistani pro Taliban groups under the TTP flag.

[7] Baitullah Mehsud was installed as first chief of Tehreek e Taliban. Hafiz Gul Bahadur and Molvi Faqir were appointed his Lieutenants. In the ensuing battle, Pakistan convincingly defeated Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and it's factions after clearing 46,000 sqkm area.

18,000 terrorists were killed and 400 tons of explosive material was seized in a series of military ops from 2008 onwards. Operation Sherdil led by Lt Gen Tariq Khan in Bajaur broke the myth of taliban invincibility. More than 500 officers gave their lives in the war.

After being driven away, around 6500 fighters of TTP have reorganized in Afghanistan by merging all it's factions including Jamaat ul Ahrar (JuA) and Hizb ul Ahrar (HuA). They have pledged allegiance to the TTP chief, Mufti Abu Mansour Asim, known as Noor Wali Mehsud.

At the same time, TTP has established a strategic alliance with Afghan affiliate of Islamic State, known as IS Khorasan Province (ISKP) which is at war with Afghan Taliban. First contingent of militants for ISKP was formed by TTP leader, Hafiz Saeed Khan on July 14, 2012.

[8] Following 8 armed groups of TTP joined ISKP.

1. Khalid Mansoor, TTP commander in Hangu;

2. Shahidullah Shahid, spokesman of TTP;

3. Mufti Hassan Swati, TTP commander in Peshawar;

4. Gul Zaman Fateh, TTP commander in Khyber;

5. Hafiz Dawlat Khan, TTP commander in Kurram;

6. Hafiz Saeed Khan, TTP commander in Orakzai;

7. Abdul Bahar Mehsud, TTP commander in Waziristan;

8. Abu Bakr, commander of the TTP in Bajaur.

These subfactions of TTP are assisting the ISKP in it's war against Afghan Taliban.

[9] The differences in the ideologies of Afghan Taliban and Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan are quite vivid. It was the TTP Daradamkhel group who carried out the APS school attack which took lives of 148 children’s and teachers. Afghan Taliban condemned the attack and termed it as unislamic and announced to stand with the Pakistani nation.

After the US invasion, Afghan Taliban have emerged as a polycentic group under the Rahbari Shura.

Jalaluddin Haqqani was the first to lead the resistance movement against US forces in 2002 even before the establishment of Rahbari Shura by the leadership of Afghan Taliban. Jalaluddin Haqqani had appointed its Representatives (Massuleen) to 46 districts and 4 provinces.

In June 2003, Rahbari Shura was formally established. Few experts call it the Quetta Shura. The founding members were all senior Taliban figures, and among them stood out Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (former deputy minister of defence),

Mullah Dadullah (the foremost military commanders of the Emirate), Mullah Faruq, Mawlavi Akhtar Mohammad Mansur (former minister of civil aviation) and Mullah Gul Agha Ishaqzai (a close collaborator of Mullah Omar).

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