Daily Times

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Hakimullah Mehsud group has selected their new leader following the killing of its chief Sheheryar Mehsud in a remote-controlled blast in northern Afghanistan.

Nusrat-Ullah Nusrat, spokesperson for the banned TTP Hakimullah Mehsud group in a statement, said that Maulana Wali Muhammad Umari has been appointed as the new chief of the group.

Tehrik Taliban Pakistan, alternatively referred to as the Taliban, is a radical terrorist armed group which is an umbrella organization of various militant groups based along the Afghan–Pakistani border.

The TTP’s aim is to overthrow the government of Pakistan by waging a terrorist campaign against the Pakistan armed forces and the state.

TTP depends on the tribal belt along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border from which to draw its recruits.

The TTP draws ideological guidance from al-Qaeda and maintains ties with al-Qaeda.

Wali Muhammad Umari, 40, was one of the first ones to join the TTP belongs to the Wazirgai tribe of Umarzay village-North Waziristan. .

Moreover, he has been one of the  most trusted associates of Baitullah Mehsud, Hakimullah Mehsud, and Wali-ur-Rehman Mehsud.

Wali previously served as a chief of Fidaai Wing (Suicide Bomber Wing) of TTP.

When differences emerged between Hakimullah Mehsud and Khan Said Sajna, Wali chose to join the TTP Hakimullah group.

According to the TTP statement released by the spokesperson, Sheheyar was travelling in his vehicle when he was targeted in a remote-controlled blast in Kunar province of Afghanistan