Azam Tariq (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan)

Azam Tariq is a spokesperson for the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The TTP chose him as its spokesman after his predecessor, Maulvi Umar, was detained by Pakistani authorities in August 2009.[1]

For his first act as spokesman, he claimed responsibility on behalf of the TTP for a suicide bombing at a security checkpoint along the Pakistan-Afghan border near Torkham on August 27, 2009. Tariq said by telephone that the attack was the first in retaliation for the death of Baitullah Mehsud, the militant group's first leader. Although the exact number of casualties was unknown, a doctor at a nearby hospital told Dawn News that they had received 22 bodies and local people working at the blast site said they had retrieved 13 bodies.[2]

In August 2010 Tariq referred to the presence of foreign aid organizations providing relief in response to massive flooding as "unacceptable."[3]

References

  1. ↑ Khan, Hasbanullah (2009-08-23). "Hakeemullah appointed Baitullah’s ‘successor’". Daily Times. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  2. ↑ Shinwari, Ibrahim (2009-08-28). "Taliban claim responsibility for Khyber suicide attack". Dawn News. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  3. ↑ Ahmed, Issam (2010-08-27). "Pakistan floods: Pakistani Taliban threats don't deter foreign aid workers". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2010-08-27.