TTP denies taking seven Punjab copter crew hostage

PESHAWAR: Pakistani authorities stayed in guardianship of the Afghan Taliban for fourth sequential day on Sunday, while Pakistani Taliban on Sunday denied their contribution in shooting down the Punjab government transport helicopter that accident arrived in Afghanistan's eastern Logar region or taking the seven authorities prisoner, saying no activist gathering exists by the name of Hakimullah Mehsud.

Mohammad Khurassani, a representative of the restricted Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), headed by Maulana Fazlullah Khorasani, on Sunday responded to a past case made by an indicated representative for somewhat known aggressor group, TTP Hakimullah Mehsud bunch, saying there is just TTP and that is driven by Maulana Fazlullah Khorasani.

An activist, Qari Saifullah had prior called an area of the Pakistani media and presented himself as a representative for TTP Hakimullah Mehsud bunch, guaranteeing their gathering had shot down the Pakistani helicopter in Afghanistan's Logar region and held all the seven authorities, one of them Russian pilot, prisoner.

He had even asserted that the Russian pilot was harmed and had been held at a sheltered spot in Afghanistan. The purported representative had cautioned to slaughter every one of the authorities in their ownership if what he said, Nato, the Afghan strengths or the Afghan Taliban utilized power to free the Pakistani authorities from their guardianship.

He asserted that a Pakistani aggressor officer, Adam Khan Kochi and his men were behind shooting down of the helicopter and were presently holding the Pakistani authorities. The TTP representative, Mohammad Khurassani, however denied these reports, saying Adam Khan Kochi is their authority yet he has no contribution in the helicopter occurrence.

"Adam Khan Kochi is our senior administrator however he was neither required in shooting down the Pakistani helicopter nor holding the seven authorities. This is totally false claim," the TTP representative said.

He rather debilitated columnists of genuine activity in the event that they didn't quit crediting false news stories to them. In the interim, the six Pakistani authorities and one Russian pilot stayed in guardianship of the Afghan Taliban for fourth sequential day as endeavors to secure their discharge couldn't prove to be fruitful.

There were reports that the a gathering of the Afghan Taliban had requested the arrival of their previous representative pioneer, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund and 100 other Taliban detainees in return for the Pakistani authorities and one Russian pilot.

Senior individuals from the Afghan Taliban, in any case, dismisses these reports, saying that none of their kin had made any interest. They said all the seven men were healthy and are being taken care of. The Taliban individuals said that their initiative had chosen to discharge them however chipping away at an arrangement when and where to free them so they stay safe.

There were additionally reports that Taliban were not willing to either hand them over Nato or the Afghan government. "Our top worry right now is their security," one Taliban part said.

The Punjab government transport helicopter MI-17 was making a beeline for Uzbekistan by means of Afghanistan for routine support when it crash-arrived in Afghanistan's Logar territory on Thursday. Since the territory is expressed to be under the control of the Afghan Taliban, subsequently their contenders in the zone instantly arrived and held prisoner the authorities locally available. They moved them to their mystery compound, accepted to be in same region, and amid introductory cross examination, they discovered them as Pakistanis.