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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Abid Hussain

EXPLAINED: Pakistan taliban threatens top political leadership including pm - The Real Truth

The TTP explicitly named Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (right) and foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (left) in their warning [File: F Khan/AP]

Islamabad, Pakistan – Armed group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has warned the country’s main ruling parties of “concrete action” against their top leadership in the government for “declaring war” against it.

A statement released by the TTP – also known as Pakistani Taliban for its ideological affinity with the Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan – on Wednesday explicitly named Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

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