DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- A spokesman for a small
Pakistani militant group claims that a delegation from the Islamic State
group has visited Jundallah's leaders in southwestern Pakistan.
Jundullah spokesman Fahad Marwat said on Wednesday that the visit
took place this week in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province.
He says the purpose of visit by the Islamic State group was to see
how it could work to unite various Pakistani militant groups.
Jundullah is a branch of the Pakistani Taliban, or Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan as the group is known.
The TTP this week sacked its spokesman for announcing allegiance to
the Islamic State group, which has captured large swaths of territory in
Iraq and Syria and declared a self-styled caliphate, or Islamic empire,
in the Middle East. TTP considers Mullah Mohammad Omar as the Muslims'
leader.
Wednesday 12 November 2014
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