Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP; Urdu: ���� ������ �ǘ����?

�; "Taliban Movement of
Pakistan"), alternatively referred to as the Taliban, is a terrorist group which is
an umbrella organization of various militant groups based in the northwestern
Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghan border in Pakistan. Most
Taliban groups in Pakistan coalesce under the TTP.[7] In December 2007 about 13
groups united under the leadership of Baitullah Mehsud to form the Tehrik-i-
Taliban.[8] Among the Tehrik-i-Taliban stated objectives are resistance against the
Pakistani state, Pakistani army enforcement of their interpretation of sharia and a
plan to unite against NATO-led forces in Afghanistan.[8][9]

The TTP is not directly affiliated with the Afghan Taliban movement led by
Haibatullah Akhundzada, with both groups differing greatly in their histories,
strategic goals and interests although they are both predominantly Pashtun.[9][10]
[11] The Afghan Taliban, with the alleged support of Pakistani Taliban, operate
against international coalition and Afghan security forces in Afghanistan but are
strictly opposed to targeting the Pakistani state.[10] The TTP in contrast has
almost exclusively targeted elements of the Pakistani state although it took credit
for the 2009 Camp Chapman attack and the 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt.[12]
[13]

Maulana Fazlullah became the group's new leader in late 2013. In the following year
the TTP fragmented into at least four groups, with the defections said to have left
the group in considerable disarray.[14]