Former TTP spokesman urges Imran Khan to rescue family through letter

Kabul: Former Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan, who escaped from the custody of Pakistani security agencies in February this year, has accused the Pakistan Army of kidnapping ten members of his family.

In a letter written to Prime Minister Imran Khan, the former Taliban militant said, the Pakistan army kidnapped ten members of my family, “detaining them in an unknown location for the past three months, and without regard for the laws of Pakistan.”

Incidentally, before Imran Khan got elected, he was a vocal critic of Pakistan Army’s counter-insurgency campaign and US drone strikes against Taliban. He was seen as a sympathizer of Taliban and shared a very good relationship with the militant group.

Ehsanullah, held responsible for terror attacks on Malala Yousafzai and Peshawar Army Public school, had surrendered before Pakistan Army three years ago. But in February, according to sources, he was set free by the Pakistani security establishment in lieu of credible information he provided against other Pakistani militants.

After his escape, the former Taliban official claimed that as per the pact between the two sides, the Pakistan Army and ISI had promised not only to rebuild Ehsanullah Ehsan destroyed house in his native village, but also committed to not subject him to any torture and instead give him a safe place and protection, (Pakistani) Rs 1 crore and permission to use a cell phone and internet.

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