Deobandi terrorist group Jamaatul Ahrar splits further

A splinter group of the Deobandi terrorist group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been further split into two groups in an apparent blow to the Deobandi takfiri militants.

A video statement on Sunday said the Hizbul Ahrar group, formed in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan a day earlier, would be headed by the Deobandi militant leader Mukarram Khan. Khan had earlier fought and served as spokesman for the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) group.
The statement said Khan left JuA over differences with its chief over attacks against innocent minority Christians, killing civilians, extortion, kidnapping for ransom and other acts he deemed un-Islamic. However, it is fact that Mukarram Khan was part of JuA when they perpetrated these heinous crimes and raised no voice against it in the past and now trying to cover up the real motives behind parting ways with the JuA that was formed in 2014 by Umar Khalid Khurasani when it split from the TTP.