TTP calls session as ceasefire period ends, 38 die in intra-Taliban fight
Ceasefire deadline ends, Taliban call a meeting.
NORTH WAZIRISTAN (Dunya News) A meeting of Taliban was called after the lapse of ceasefire deadline. Taliban expressed their reservations over the attitude of the government.
Meanwhile, two groups of Taliban fought with each other killing six in Shawal, in rocket attack on a vehicle. In five days of infighting, 38 Taliban were killed in all from both sides.
The Taliban leadership was said to be engaged in stopping the infighting between the two factions.
Taliban have also linked the extension in ceasefire with the attitude of the government, which they previously dubbed as non-serious.
The majority of the Taliban are said to have opposed the ceasefire proposal and said the government has done nothing about the peace zone and release of the Taliban prisoners.
In a separate incident an explosion in Dattakhel near a vehicle killed three people.
The infighting reportedly took place between Hakimullah Mehsood and Khalid Sajna groups.
Earlier on Thursday, 11 people were killed in an attack on a hotel and a vehicle in the area of Shawal. A key commander of Mehsood group Shafique was killed along with his four guards in the area of Shaktoi. Another important member of Taliban Ismatullah Shaheen has also been killed.
One central leader of Taliban has also reached North Waziristan to broker a deal between the two groups.
