Islamabad :
Ceasefire talks between the government and the TTP have progressed and the government has agreed to release several prisoners. The peace deal will come to light in a few days. The peace talks started in February this year.
Sources said that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) will declare a ceasefire in this regard. Among those released in the first phase are Mahmood Khan, Muslim Khan and Maulvi Omar. The peace agreement will come to light in a few days Negotiations began in February this year, with the Afghan Taliban acting as a guarantor, but Pakistani officials and TTP spokesman Mohammad Khorasani have not formally confirmed the development.
According to details, talks between the government of Pakistan and the Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan have made positive progress and Islamabad has agreed to release 102 Taliban prisoners in the first phase in return for which the TTPC will declare fire. Sources told The News that the prisoners were supposed to be released on November 1 but due to some technical reasons it was delayed and then it was decided to release them on November 4. However, this could not happen again due to unavoidable reasons.
Sources said that some prisoners including the top Taliban leadership of Swat, Mahmood Khan and Muslim Khan have been taken to Afghanistan for possible release. Muslim Khan was the spokesman of Taliban Swat, including them and Mahmood Khan Some senior Taliban leaders were called to the meeting by security officials in 2009 but have since returned, with reports that former TTP spokesman Maulvi Omar was among those released in the first round.
However, Pakistani officials and Taliban spokesman Muhammad Khorasani have not formally confirmed the development. However, Taliban sources said that some prisoners had called their families 13 years later and told them about themselves.
The sources also said that most of the issues in the peace process have been resolved and the two sides have agreed on a future agenda. There have been several successful meetings between TTP leaders. The first meeting took place after the Taliban came to power in Kabul, followed by two sessions in Khost Province, Afghanistan, where the two sides proposed meaningful talks.
He added that peace talks first began in the Bajaur tribal district in February this year when some religious tribal leaders close to Maulvi Faqir Muhammad offered their services to bridge the gap between the Pakistani government and the Taliban. Maulvi Faqir Mohammad was a TTP leader in Bajaur and was once considered the most important after Hakimullah Mehsud. He was arrested by Afghan forces in Afghanistan and transferred to Bagram prison.
