On the occasion of Pakistan’s 70th anniversary, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar argued that the country had not truly realized its independence and urged Muslims to join it and pursue Shariah-based governance.

In an English statement posted on Telegram on August 14, 2017, the group explained that the “true meaning” of the country’s foundation is monotheism, but its leaders diverted from that, being preoccupied with corruption. It stated: “Score of politicians played with emotions of innocent people in the name of liberty and freedom. So-called religious leaders bet on the Sharia in the country. At the end of painstaking seventy years of journey, it has been realized that the paths they are following and stressing to lead us upon would never end in true destination.” To correct the path, declared that the people must embrace martyrdom and fighting “in the cause of Allah”.

Coming amidst its recent propaganda aimed at women, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) published the first issue of an English jihadi magazine for female Muslims, featuring an interview with the wife of the group’s leader, Fazlullah Khorasani, and a piece written from the perspective of a 6-year-old boy.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) urged women to physically participate in fighting in the first part of a new series on “sisters” in jihad.

The Islamic State (IS)-affiliated Furat Media released a video of children and adult fighters in the group’s Khorasan Province executing spies for the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban movements and Afghan soldiers.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed two attacks on Pakistan soldiers in North Waziristan in revenge for a commander and a fighter killed in a drone strike two days prior.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar published a monthly report of its claimed military operations for the month of April 2017, claiming 24 attacks on Pakistan Forces, and asserting it “is successfully accomplishing the goals” of its “Operation Ghazi.”

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed an attack by 120 fighters on a Pakistan Army camp in North Waziristan, in revenge for a U.S. drone strike on a position held by a TTP commander, Akhtar Muhammad Khaleel.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar each rejected claims by their former spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan, that they have links to the Afghan and Indian intelligence agencies, NDS and RAW.

Both the Islamic State’s (IS) Khorasan Province and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar claimed credit for a bombing Shi’ites in Kurram Tribal Agency in northwestern Pakistan.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar claimed that the head of its Central Media Commission, Ehsanullah Ehsan, did not surrender to Pakistani security forces, but was arrested through “ISI agents” and turned over to the army.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed that its fighters poisoned the water supply of Pakistani security personnel in three posts in the Charmang subdistrict of Bajaur Agency, killing dozens and harming others.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released a statement calling on Muslims to drive out the “un-Islamic” system of government, legitimizing suicide operations in order to do so, and labeling the United Nations as the leader in “an evil grand war on the Islamic world.”

Tehrik-e-Talibban Pakistan (TTP) released a video from its leader, Fazlullah Khorasani, declaring that the group has nearly uprooted all “cracks” within its structure by the Pakistani intelligence, and calling on fighters to kill blasphemers of the Prophet Muhammad.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed credit for destroying the Sunrise School in Qamber Khel in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency due to its being used as a “base of obscenity”.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed credit for the suicide bombing that struck Pakistani soldiers escorting census workers in Lahore.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) mourned the death of fighters and a commander killed in recent U.S. drone strikes, including one who was the mastermind of the October 2009 attack on the Pakistan GHQ in Rawalpindi.

Khyber-Paktunkhwa province on March 7, 2017, in which the group killed a Pakistan Army captain and a soldier.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) gave a eulogy for Aamir Ali Chaudhry (AKA Huzaifa, Arsalan), an explosives expert who both the U.S. and UN sanctioned in 2012 for his role in the group and his association with al-Qaeda (AQ).

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar claimed credit for the suicide raid at a court in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda district.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) identified a son of its leader, Fazlullah Khorasani, as one of the two suicide bombers involved in the February 7, 2017, attack at Police Station Mardan in Bannu.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed credit for a suicide bombing on a van carrying judges in Peshawar, and an attack on a Samaa TV van in Karachi, as well as executing a spy, the video of which it said is forthcoming.

Within its newly-declared military campaign, “Operation Ghazi,” the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar claimed a double suicide bombing on a political office in Mohmand Agency and vowed to “crush the apostates”.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar outlined targets for its new military campaign dubbed “Operation Ghazi” in a video release, and in two subsequent communiques, claimed credit for a suicide bombing in Lahore and raid on Pakistan Army posts in Mohmand.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed credit for the suicide bombing at Police Station Mandan in Bannu, and declared the operation to be the first after its recent merger with fighters from the Mehsud division.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced that the Mehsud division, under the command of Khalid Mehsud, has returned to its ranks, after it had defected from the group due to the actions and politics of “rogue elements” within.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released a video showing the training of fighters in its “Special Task Force” at the Mehdi Alaih Rizwan Camp.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) published a report on its operations in 2016, listing the date, location, target, numbers killed and injured, and the brigade responsible.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) published a letter from a female jihadist sympathizing with the plight of women in Syria and assured that fighters are coming to help them.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released a video of little boys and girls it called its “school students” reenacting events such as the rendition of Dr. Aafia Siddique to the United States and the Pakistan Army’s raid on the Red Mosque and Jamia Hafsa.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) distributed a video tutorial on installing and using the secure mobile messaging application Threema.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Muhammad Khurasani addressed the crisis in the Syrian city of Aleppo, attributing blame partly on Muslims for having abandoned religious principles and jihad and accepted "infidel and enslaved system of law".

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) published a four-part essay charging the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence agency with infiltrating Kashmir-focused jihadi organizations, and urging fighters to turn to the “original fronts,” Afghanistan and Waziristan.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) published the first issue of its magazine, and in it, featured statistics of enemies killed in operations between June and November, 2016, giving a total of 119.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed an attack with 40 fighters on a Pakistani military camp in Kurram Agency, and published photos of the weapons and gear it captured as war spoils.

The Islamic State (IS) and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) issued competing claims of responsibility for the killing of a Pakistani intelligence officer in Peshawar.

A jihadist supporter released a video tutorial for installing and using the Telegram encrypted messaging app, purposed to keep “the brave mujahideen” safe online.

The two minute, eight second video was uploaded to a file archiving platform on October 14, 2016 by an account under the name, “Uthman Videos.”

The video opened by stating it was “produced so that the brave mujahideen stay safe online and keep fighting in the name of Allah.” It then provided basic advice in downloading and navigating the app on a mobile device.

The video ended by stating that it was “Produced by Uthman in association with Umar Media,” appearing to refer to Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) official media group, which the video promoted at 1:50:

The video was promoted on the same day by what appeared to be a corresponding Twitter account under the name, “Uthman,” which identifies as belonging to a “Video Editor and Peace Activist based in the UK.” In posting a link to the video, Uthman stated:

Here is a video on how to use Telegram. I hope some will find it useful, in sha Allah [God willing]. You can share if you want.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) published an essay from a member claiming that the Pakistani government used negotiations as a ruse to justify Operation Zarb-e-Azb, the Pakistani military campaign against jihadi groups in North Waziristan.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released a video of fighters in its “Taliban Special Group” (TSG) participating in rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) training in Swabi.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced that its North Waziristan military commander Ruwayd Ali Sheikh and ten fighters were killed in a drone strike.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released a video of its military operations in 2015, claiming a total of 137 with 639 victims among suicide attacks, ambushes, IED blasts, and others.

Omar Khalid Khorasani, a top official in the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar, criticized the terrorist designation of his group by the U.S. State Department, and denied any affiliation to al-Qaeda or the Islamic State (IS).

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) published a jihadi biography in English of slain 313 Brigade founder and al-Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri to explain why fighters give priority to jihad in Pakistan over jihad in Kashmir.

While the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar had claimed credit for the August 8, 2016, suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, 'Amaq News Agency of the Islamic State (IS) reported that it is an IS attack.

Through its newly-created “Subcontinent” division, the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) reported that Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) shot down a Pakistani helicopter near the border with Afghanistan and captured its passengers.

Joining several other jihadi groups in condemning the suicide bombing outside the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) disavowed the act and said such an operation is not part of its policy and doctrine.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Fazlullah al-Khorasani asked Muslims to remember prisoners on Eid al-Fitr and specifically Aafia Siddique, and claimed that despite enemy propaganda to the contrary, his fighters are "well organized".

Ansar ul-Yateem, a charity organization started by slain Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Adnan Rasheed in 2011, released three episodes of a video series showing fighters in Khorasan (Afghanistan-Pakistan region) aiding to those orphaned and widowed by airstrikes.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced that the North Waziristan-based "Majlis Shura" has joined its group.

Umar Media of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) distributed a previously-released video of fighters in its division in Syria.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar released a video on a training camp named in honor of Shakeel Ahmed Haqqani (AKA Qari Shakeel), a top commander who was killed in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province in March 2015.

Umar Media, the media wing of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), published an English essay from a woman vilifying the Pakistani army and its alleged brutality against suspected fighters and their families in Swat Valley.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar claimed credit for the deadly Easter day suicide bombing in Lahore, and declared it to be the start of a new campaign dubbed "Sound of Thunder".

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar released a video on its operations involving explosives in Mohmand Agency of Pakistan’s FATA region, demonstrating how it competes with the advanced military technology of its enemy.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) condemned the January 20, 2016 attack at Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan as “un-Islamic.”

The Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a militia checkpoint in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) published an infographic for its operations in 2015, claiming a total of 136 among ambushes, suicide attacks, rocket strikes, targeting killings, and other types.

After suggesting that the Paris attacks were justified as revenge for Muslims, and expressing joy, Ehsanullah Ehsanullah, the official spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar, applauded the reported ringleader, Abdelhamid Abaaoud (AKA Abu Omar al-Baljiki).

Non-Islamic State (IS) jihadist scholars, fighters, and supporters on social media expressed unanimous approval of the Islamic State (IS)-claimed terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015, which were reported to kill over 150 individuals.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released a video of interviewing and then hanging a man it identified as an official in the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in North Waziristan.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed credit for the suicide raid at Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Base Badaber in Peshawar, and cited one of the participating fighters in the base as reporting the death of at least 250 enemy forces.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released a video featuring the suicide bomber responsible for the attack at a political administration building in Jamrud, as well as Khalifa Umar Mansoor, a group military official, who denied Pakistani government claims of uprooting fighters in the tribal areas.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Fazlullah al-Khorasani promoted his group’s unity and organization in a message for the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, and threatened attacks against Pakistani soldiers and political groups.

Ehsanullah Ehsan, the spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar, vowed revenge for the killing of the spokesman for Khorasan Province of the Islamic State (IS) in a U.S. drone strike.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) published an essay rejecting the alleged “Caliphate” established by the Islamic State (IS) and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as its “Caliph”.

Ehsanullah Ehsan, the official spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar, promoted his LinkedIn profile on his Twitter account.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released a video of fighters holding the “SAM-7 B” allegedly used in hitting the Pakistan Army helicopter in Gilgit.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed that its “Special Task Force” shot down a helicopter with a shoulder-fired missile, killing two foreign diplomats.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced the successful launch of a missile developed by its engineering department, and released a video of the process.

Nearly five months after previewing a production on its “Mujahideen Special Group” (MSG) training course at the Mehdi Alaih Rizwan Camp, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released the full video.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) denied reports that its leader, Fazlullah Khorasani, is dead, and claimed the killing and “slaughtering” of 30 Pakistani soldiers in Khyber Agency.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar justified its suicide bombings at two churches in Lahore on March 15, 2015, claiming that Pakistan is a land of war and Christians are not afforded protection since they do not pay a head tax.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced that a group commander, Khawray Mehsud, and two fighters, Tariq and Salih Muhammad Dawar, were killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar claimed credit for the shooting death in Peshawar of Samiullah Afridi, the lawyer who defended Dr. Shakel Afridi in the case of his running a fake vaccination campaign allegedly to lead U.S. intelligence to Usama bin Laden.

UK-based radical preacher Anjem Choudary issued an obituary for Dr. Tariq Ali, a former doctor in the Pakistan Army and member of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Jamat-ul-Ahrar who was reportedly killed in Afghanistan.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar condemned the Lebanon government for its alleged maltreatment in prison of radical cleric Omar Bakri Muhammad, and urged it release him immediately.

Ehsanullah Ehsan, the official spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar, denied rumors that the group pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS).

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released a video speech from Khalifa Umar Mansoor, the group’s military commander for Darra Adam Kheil and Peshawar, announcing his deployment of three suicide attackers to avenge the killing of a jailed militant by the Pakistani government.

Ehsanullah Ehsan, the spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar, commented that the shooting death of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, clarifies the "terrorism" of America.

Usama Mahmoud, the official spokesman for al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), clarified the mission of fighters in light of the December 16, 2014, attack by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) at the Army Public School in Peshawar, and cautioned jihadi groups and fighters about how they present themselves to the public.

Khorasan Province, a division of the Islamic State (IS) comprised of several fighting groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan, announced that the former leader for Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Bajaur Agency pledged allegiance to IS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar released a video of its fighters exercising and training with rifles and explosives.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Fazlullah spoke in a video on the December 16, 2014, attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, claiming that the location is a military barracks and not a school, and vowing additional strikes if the Pakistani military campaign continues in the tribal areas.

An alleged British Islamic State (IS) fighter boasted alleged crimes of himself and a former Pakistani Army doctor before fleeing the U.K., and also made an implied call for lone wolf attacks there.

After its spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan, commented on the Charlie Hebdo attack in France, Paris, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar issued a formal statement praising the incident and criticizing the Paris rally held in its wake.

A Taliban-supporting account on Twitter called for another attack on military schools in wake of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) December 2014 attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released a video of the fighters involved in the December 16, 2014, attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Ehsanullah Ehsan, the spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar, praised the attack at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France, and congratulated its organizers.

A video attributed to al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) focused on the July 2013 jailbreak at the Central Prison in Dera Ismail Khan, an attack for which Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility.

Mehsud Foundation, a jihadi media group that primarily offers Urdu to Arabic translations, released a video of a child it identified as a son of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Fazlullah explaining why the group fights the Pakistani government and army.

Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) condemned the attack mounted by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) at the army-run school in Peshawar, explaining that it is impermissible to target children, and al-Qaeda seeks to defend innocent Muslims and not kill them.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released a visual speech from its senior commander Adnan Rashid urging members of the Pakistan Armed Forces to repent and join its ranks.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) threatened revenge for Pakistan implementing the death penalty on two jailed militants, Muhammad Aqil (AKA Doctor Usman) and Arshad Mahmood.

Continuing to clarify its motives and the circumstances surrounding the attack at the army-run school in Peshawar, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) presented “facts” on the operation, and claimed that it is the Pakistan Army that killed young schoolchildren by indiscriminate gunfire.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released an audio speech from its official who supervised the attack at the army-run school in Peshawar, justifying the operation as revenge for Pakistani military campaigns that harmed civilians, and threatening additional retaliation.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for and explained its motivations for attacking an army-run school in Peshawar, citing the killing of children and adult civilians in military campaigns by the Pakistan Army in the tribal areas.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released a statement on Malala Yousafzai to coincide with her accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, calling her the "precious weapon" of Western civilization, and threatening anyone who challenges their strict interpretation of Islam.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) addressed the peoples of Gilgit-Baltistan, pointing out that the recent statement by Pakistani Information Minister Pervez Rashid that their area is not legally part of Pakistan reflects the mentality of the Pakistani elite, and encouraging them to reject the government.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released a video highlighting its forthcoming production on its "Mujahideen Special Group" (MSG) training course.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar threatened Chinese economic interests due to the government's reported persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province, and its assistance to Pakistan in mounting campaigns against fighters.