TJP)[a] is an insurgent Deobandi jihadist group in Pakistan that has gained notoriety for its involvement in attacks on Pakistani military and police targets.
In the tweet, the group wrote "#TJP" and "ہمارا منشور", Urdu for "Our manifesto",[b] as well as an Urdu-language image titled "Announcement of the Establishment of Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan".
[4]Despite the passage of more than 75 years [since Creation], we have not seen any practical implementation of the ideology of Pakistan while the secular lobby continues to dig its claws into the society, so we consider further waiting and silence as an expectation of crime and divine punishment.
In Kachhi District (formerly Bolan) of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan Province, a suicide bomber mounted on a motorcycle rammed into a police van carrying officers from the city of Sibi to the provincial capital of Quetta and detonated his explosives, killing at least 9 and injuring 13.
In the article, the Islamic State published a picture of purported attacker and his alias, Abdul Rahman al-Pakistani, in front of the group's flag.
[12][13][14] That day, TJP issued a claim of responsibility for the attack and named three "martyrdom seekers": Abuzar Shaheed,[c] Muhammad Ilyas, Sanaullah, and Shakirullh.
[4] Two months later, on 12 July 2023, seven militants stormed a Pakistani Army garrison in Zhob District, Balochistan, killing five soldiers and a civilian as well as wounding at least five others.
The militants reportedly scaled the perimeter walls around 3:00 AM and caused significant damage to three supposedly-grounded (nonoperational) aircraft and destroyed a fuel tank.
[28] Maulana Abdullah Yaghistani's name refers to the historical region of Yaghirstan, a broad term encompassing Pashtun tribal areas on the western frontier of British India that resisted annexation.
[34] A January 2024 report from the monitoring team of the United Nations Security Council's ISIL & Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee noted the emergence of TJP and explained that it, along with the TTP, operated from within Afghanistan's borders to conduct attacks in Pakistan.