Merger of banned terrorist outfits against Pakistan on August 27, 2020On 17 August 2020, the Tehrek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) took into its fold its two splinter militant outfits, Jamat-ulAhrar (JuA) and Hizb-ulAhrar (HuA), in eastern Afghanistan. The splinter groups, which remained intractable and recusant, finally pledged allegiance to and emboldened the TTP. Reportedly, the shared objective of the merger is to reticulate a terrorist network […]