Irfan Baloch
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Why would the TTP kill him? Was he plotting against them? Or was it because he was admired by the Americans and therefore looked at with suspicion by the TTP?
Why would the TTP kill him?
his execution video and one before while he was under the captivity of Lashker Jhangvi would give you insight on why TTP wanted to kill him.
his "confessional" video was about the usual charge of being a "traitor" and working against "mujahideen" and working for Pakistan army and Americans.
Was he plotting against them?
I cant answer that question for certain. maybe what he was doing was seen as plotting against TTP by his killers.. ISI and Pak military has in the past wedged differences among TTP factions and between Afghan taliban and TTP
he had a lot of clout in both Afghan taliban, the non taliban Afghans in general and the Americans as well and he was still part of Pakistani establishment after retirement. Khalid Khawaja who was also abducted and executed earlier was overtly pro LeJ, pro Lal Masjid, pro TTP and pro Al Qaeda.. his execution was more baffling. both were on their way to meet the Afghan taliban when they were picked up and killed later.
Admired by Americans?
this can be another reason, if you see his interviews (I knew Bin Laden by Al Jazera, and other clips) he (despite his traditional drab) doesnt threaten and use rhetoric in his speech. Americans who worked with him paid tribute to him after his death. Pakistan had been trying to bridge and establish a communication line between Americans and the Afghan taliban from start and even warned them not to alienate the Pashtons, but in the beginning of the invasion the entire pashton population was condemned much to the delight of northern alliance and it only gave Afghan taliban a breather and space to come back not only in Pashton areas but also in the north.
Col Imam was contracted by Pakistani state and since both Pakistan and America were partners in WOT, we needed a person who had experience in the field. he was a former SSG as well as ISI agent and had conducted operations in Afghanistan during Soviet occupation.
what is TTP and what does it want
TTP is a completely different story. we get a lot of criticism and mockery over the rise of TTP due to our involvement in Afghan jihad but all the leaders of TTP are the creation of past 2000. not even a single person had ever been part of Afghan jihad of the 80s. TTP doesnt even operate in Afghanistan and actually on the contrary is hosted and supported by Afghan intelligence. (if it is a shock for you then I strongly encourage you to check how and who from Americans got the information that helped them to kill Hakim Ullah Mehsood).
if you look at its demands then you wont see anything about drone strikes or American presence in Afghanistan etc. they are demanding the end of operations, they want "compensation" for their losses and want their friends to be freed and they want shariah (read the power) in Pakistan.
our successive political parties will just buy some time and try to pass their term in the office as fast as they can and pass the burden to next party in line to repeat the same. TTP wont stop until its foreign funding and support is not disrupted and stopped or the military doesnt do a Sri Lanka on them