The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is a Pashtun Islamist armed militant group based on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It shares a similar ideology with the Afghan Taliban.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban government said, “This is a cruelty and it is paving the way for enmity between Afghanistan and Pakistan.”
“The Pakistani side should know that if a war starts it will not be in the interest of any side.”
“The defeat of the United States eight months ago was a good lesson to aggressors who want to disrespect Afghanistan’s territory and freedom,” he added.
Islamabad is erecting a fence along its 2,700-kilometre (1,600-mile) border amid rising tensions between the neighbours. This has infuriated Taliban authorities.
(With inputs from agencies)