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VOA Afghan: Taliban deny Pakistan's allegation they sought money to remove Pakistani Taliban from border areas


FILE - Armed militants of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan stand next to graffiti that reads "Long Live Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan," at a camp in a Pakistani tribal district of Mohmand agency, July 21, 2008.
FILE - Armed militants of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan stand next to graffiti that reads "Long Live Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan," at a camp in a Pakistani tribal district of Mohmand agency, July 21, 2008.

The Taliban rejected a Pakistani official’s claim that the group asked for money to remove Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan fighters from the border areas and move them to other parts of Afghanistan. The Taliban’s spokesperson, Hamdullah Fitrat, told local media that the allegations were unfounded.

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