Sources have reported that Noor Wali Mehsud, the leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), met with Mohammad Fazl Mazloom, the Taliban’s deputy minister of defence, in Kabul on Saturday, May 4.

According to sources, they discussed border management and pressure from Islamabad on the TTP during this meeting.

Both the Afghan Taliban and the TTP have not officially commented on this meeting. Pakistani media had previously reported about a meeting between the leader of the TTP and high-ranking Taliban officials.

Since the return of the Taliban to power, Pakistan has witnessed an increase in attacks by Pakistani Taliban militants. Pakistani authorities have accused the Taliban of providing haven to TTP leaders and fighters in Afghanistan.

Islamabad claims that TTP militants launch attacks from Afghanistan into Pakistani territory, an allegation that has been repeatedly refuted by the Afghan Taliban.