PTI urges talks with outlawed TTP despite failed past efforts

PTI urges talks with outlawed TTP despite failed past efforts
PESHAWAR: Despite the failure of several peace agreements in the past two decades, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is still supporting talks with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Addressing the provincial cabinet, Chief Minister Sohail Afridi said that no operation will be allowed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and military operations are not the solution to any problem.
He said that peace cannot be established through decisions taken in closed rooms and the peace jirga had also rejected the operation.
He said, “Although preparations are being made for an operation in the province, no individual or institution can forcefully impose its decision on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.”
Pakistan has signed several peace agreements with the TTP and its affiliated militant groups, but none of them has succeeded in establishing lasting peace. After these agreements failed, the state was forced to launch large-scale military operations in various areas.
In the past, Pakistani authorities have signed peace agreements with militant leaders, including Naik Muhammad, Baitullah Mehsud, Hafiz Gul Bahadur, Sufi Muhammad, Maulana Fazlullah, Faqir Muhammad, and Mangal Bagh, but these agreements have not lasted more than a few months.
The first peace agreement was signed in April 2004 with Naik Muhammad Wazir in the Shekai area of ​​South Waziristan. The agreement followed a military operation that began in March 2004, aimed at pressuring Naik Muhammad to end his ties with foreign fighters.
Under the agreement, the government released prisoners and paid compensation for property damage, while Naik Muhammad promised to stop registering foreign fighters and cross-border attacks.