Peshawar Attack 100 School Children Killed

Extremely relevant due to today's School Massacre in Peshawar. Quite a few Twitterusers in my timeline lost someone they knew and loved...

"Lieutenant-General Hamid Gul, a retired high-ranking general officer in the Pakistan Army, and a former head of the highly influential Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) told Cii Radio Wednesday that a clear distinction needed to be drawn between the Afghan Taliban and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), who have claimed responsibility for the attack."[/quote]

[quote]"On Tuesday, the Afghan Taliban unequivocally condemned the Pakistan school attack.

“The intentional killing of innocent people, women and children goes against the principles of Islam and every Islamic government and movement must adhere to this fundamental essence,” Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement.

“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has always condemned the killing of children and innocent people at every juncture,” the Afghan Taliban’s statement continued.

“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan expresses its condolences over the incident and mourns with the families of killed children.”

Commenting on its alleged links with the TTP (Pakistani Taliban), in 2009, an Afghan Taliban spokesman told The New York Times:

“We don’t like to be involved with them (TTP), as we have rejected all affiliation with Pakistani Taliban fighters…We have sympathy for them as Muslims, but beside that, there is nothing else between us."