Two Pakistani Militants Escape Police & Flee to Afghanistan

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has accused Pakistani security forces of "burying alive" two of its fighters.

The group released a video alleging that the fighters survived this gruesome incident and reached a "safe place”.

Security sources informed Afghanistan International that the fighters have fled to Afghanistan. The TTP has consistently denied its presence in Afghanistan, though Pakistani officials have accused the Afghan Taliban of harbouring Pakistani militants who then launch attacks on Pakistani security forces from Afghan soil.

In its statement, the TTP claimed that Pakistan's anti-terrorism forces had "buried alive" these fighters in Mohmand district, Peshawar. Security sources added that the police had "imprisoned them in a cave”.

A video posted on social media by pro-Taliban influencer Muneer Sherzad shows him meeting and praising the two TTP fighters. Reports suggest Sherzad met them in Afghanistan and expressed support for the TTP’s struggle against the Pakistani government.

The Afghan Taliban has repeatedly denied the presence of Pakistani militants in Afghanistan, a claim that Pakistan and other countries have contested.