Pak Government In Same Situation As Ashraf Ghani's Govt, Claims Media Close To Taliban

Al-Mirsad, a media outlet affiliated with the Taliban, compared the current situation of the Pakistani government to the final months of Ashraf Ghani's government in Afghanistan and promised victory to the Pakistani Taliban.

In an article, the publication stressed that Pakistan is following the same failed policies that Ashraf Ghani employed.

Al-Mirsad publishes the Taliban's unofficial positions. Zabihullah Mujahid and other Taliban spokesmen have repeatedly shared reports and news from this media outlet on social media. It is said that this media outlet is close to the Taliban's intelligence agency.

Al-Mersad wrote in an article on Monday that Ashraf Ghani's government used blind airstrikes and violent operations against civilians to confront the Taliban, and now Pakistan is making the same mistakes by carrying out similar attacks in the tribal areas.

Al-Mirsad also compared the media policies of Ashraf Ghani's government and the current Pakistani government, saying that the previous Afghan government was trying to portray the Taliban as a group affiliated with the ISI. Now, Pakistan is trying to portray the TTP as affiliated with the Afghan Taliban.

The media outlet close to the Taliban claimed that this propaganda did not harm the Taliban and contradictorily boosted the morale of the group.

The Pakistani military has consistently accused the Afghan Taliban of hosting and supporting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Pakistan's military says Afghan soil is being used against Pakistan.

Pakistani media are propagating that the TTP is in Afghanistan, al-Mirsad said. According to this media outlet, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is present in the tribal areas of Pakistan.

Al-Mirsad claimed that popular support for the TTP is increasing day by day.

The outlet wrote that the TTP's morale is getting stronger day by day, and the Pakistani government is facing panic and fear. Public support for the TTP is growing, and hatred towards the country's military is becoming more deep-rooted, it reported.

Al-Mirsad wrote, "Now the territory of Pakistan, especially the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has become a battlefield, and the current situation is far more worrying than it was in 2013."

Stating that the Pakistani army has targeted civilians in the tribal areas, the Taliban-affiliated media outlet wrote, "If the people of Pakistan, especially the residents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, resist these atrocities, as Afghans stood up to Ashraf Ghani, security, stability and Islamic order will soon prevail in Pakistan."

"Public trust in this group is increasing day by day and is moving towards stability and strength," the outlet added.

In the end, the Taliban media outlet claimed that the TTP has become an invincible force.

The Taliban's relations with Pakistan are tense. Both sides accuse each other of supporting their opponents. Pakistan accuses the Afghan Taliban of supporting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and providing shelter to the group. But the Taliban accuse the Pakistani army of supporting, financing and equipping ISIS in Balochistan.