In a press release, Mohammad Khurasani, the spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban militant group — often called Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan — claimed accountability. He stated that the slain head of the peace committee had been supporting safety forces for the previous a number of years.

The Pakistani Taliban have been holding peace talks since Might in Kabul, Afghanistan. However remoted militant assaults and safety raids on militant hideouts have continued, elevating fears these talks might break within the coming months, if not weeks.

A proper cease-fire between Pakistan and the TTP remains to be in place.

The talks in Kabul are hosted by the Afghan Taliban, a separate group allied with the Pakistani Taliban. The Taliban seized energy in Afghanistan a 12 months in the past. That takeover has emboldened the Pakistani Taliban, whose fighters and leaders, officers say, have been hiding in Afghanistan.

Islamabad has demanded that the brand new Taliban rulers in Afghanistan forestall militant teams, together with TTP, from utilizing Afghan territory for assaults inside Pakistan. Earlier than the Taliban takeover subsequent door, Islamabad and Kabul had usually traded blame and accused one another of sheltering militants.