Ehsanullah Ehsan (Taliban spokesman)
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Ehsanullah Ehsan is a spokesman for the Pakistani wing of the Taliban.[1][2]
In December 2011 Ehsanullah disputed that the Pakistani Taliban was negotiating a cease-fire with the Pakistani government.[3] He asserted that the individuals negotiating that cease-fire were doing so without the authorization of the Taliban's leadership.
References
- ↑ "Taliban admits Shabqadar attack". BBC News. 2011-05-03. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13385597. ""It's the first revenge for the martyrdom of... Bin Laden. There will be more," Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told the Reuters news agency by telephone from an undisclosed location."
- ↑ "Suicide attack strikes Pakistani soldiers". Al Jazeera. 2011-12-24. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2011/12/2011122454327899276.html. Retrieved 2011-12-28. "A Pakistani Taliban spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan, claimed responsibility for the attack in a phone call to the Associated Press news agency. He said it was meant to avenge the death of commander Taj Gul in a US drone strike in October in the South Waziristan tribal area, a key sanctuary for the militants."
- ↑ "Pakistani Taliban deny talks with government". Al Jazeera. 2011-12-11. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2011/12/20111211125656979739.html. Retrieved 2011-12-28. "`Talks by a handful of people with the government cannot be deemed as the Taliban talking,' Ehsan told The Associated Press by telephone from an undisclosed location."
