PESHAWAR: The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan on Saturday launched its website hosting videos, a magazine, and its leaders’ interviews and statements.

A news release issued by the information and publication wing of the TTP said Umar Media had sponsored the website, which would serve as the central information portal of the outfit.

The TTP was declared a banned outfit in August 2008.

“Statements, videos, announcements and magazine released by the TTP will be available on the website,” the release said.

It added that Umar Media was the only authorised body to issue messages and statements of the TTP. The website carries e-mail addresses of central spokesman of TTP Shahidullah Shahid and other sections.

The website has been launched during peace talks between the federal government and the TTP.

Recently, the government had released 19 prisoners as good well gesture to the TTP.

The website contains the TTP flag, verses from the Holy Quran, statements and videos containing sectarian, hate and propaganda material, especially against security forces, a message of TTP deputy Shaikh Khalid Haqqani for the people of Balochistan, and pictures of slain TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud and his successor and current chief Maulvi Fazlullah.

Also posted on the website are pictures of houses allegedly bombed by the army, details of the TTP position on the current peace process and information about the recent assassination of TTP leader Asmatullah Shaheen in North Waziristan Agency.

The website invites articles for posting on it for public information.

Umar Media was launched a few years ago and has been disseminating the TTP-related information and videos since.

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Aysha

Apr 06, 2014 08:20am

So funny, why Taliban is using something (internet) invented in West? Isnt west their enemy? shouldnt they boycott everything invented/developed in west?

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Sunil Sinha

Apr 06, 2014 08:58am

@Aysha: Taliban also uses AK-47, Missile launcher, Cell Phone, radiio, microphone when giving speech, all invented/developed by the West.

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Asif Magray

Apr 06, 2014 09:01am

I feel petty on our govt, their site must be baned and hacked. They are good at media handling. these taliban are the instrument of west. Operation in South Wazirastan in necessary in our own national intrest.

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kashif

Apr 06, 2014 09:01am

What a fares so terrorist organisations , armed with illegal weapons , having killed people both civilians and from the armed forces are allowed to have a website ? Really we have made Pakistan a joke....do we have any other example of such countries in the civilized world ?

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Omer

Apr 06, 2014 09:21am

The govt needs to immediately block this website. It also needs to issue guidelines for media giving primetime coverage to these terrorists.

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M Sohaib

Apr 06, 2014 09:42am

It's strange...is int? Or it's meaning Pakistan doing well in IT sector?

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Mir

Apr 06, 2014 09:46am

Now no one can help this country.

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Umer

Apr 06, 2014 09:51am

PTA should immediately ban this website.

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sarwar khan

Apr 06, 2014 11:06am

PTA ready to bend YouTube not TTP web site what a pathetic situation in our country a bunch of criminal twisting everything as per their personal desires destroy the roots of this country ironic is that releasing these from jails and trying innocent shame on governing bodies of this country.

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Rakesh

Apr 06, 2014 11:09am

Youtube is banned in Pakistan but TTP's website is not. What direction are we headed into?

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Skhan

Apr 06, 2014 11:23am

Now it will be easier for the general public to know their future plans for our beloved country

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gulzar khan

Apr 06, 2014 11:35am

soon you would hear about talibwitter and talibbook.

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Afrooz

Apr 06, 2014 11:37am

Let's see whether this govt can show the same zeal and urgency in banning this website as they have done with youtube and numerous other useful websites in the past.(hint: dont bet your money on this)

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Ali

Apr 06, 2014 12:38pm

It also contains youtube videos of Imran Khan, taking wickets and hitting sixes in his playing days.

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Pavas Ambashta

Apr 06, 2014 12:58pm

Seriously, these stooges have made themselves a laughing stock..They never get tired of cursing the Western science and technology as "Anti-Islamic" and repeatedly issue fatwa against western education in schools and now see, they have launched a website!! Hillarious!! Taliban is nothing but confused marauders..They themselves dont know what to do and what to say but to kill inoocent people in the name of religion...

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Ahmed

Apr 06, 2014 01:05pm

Now that website wont be blocked in Pakistan but youtube is. I feel sad for my country and people

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Alex

Apr 06, 2014 01:10pm

I hope they post and share their future suicide bombings and other things on Facebook as events. Pun intended.

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Shahryar Shirazi

Apr 06, 2014 01:23pm

Atleast they are keeping up with the technology curve :)

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Ravi Dallas TX

Apr 06, 2014 01:53pm

Disgusting that govt is impotent..

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Ramesh Kumar

Apr 06, 2014 02:00pm

@Ramesh Kumar Government should ban these kind of websites , why they are so much lazy to take action against Taliban ? These websites would affect the young generation .

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Awan

Apr 06, 2014 02:54pm

Anyone who knows a little bit of Tech will agree with me that Any website could be traced in an accurate in a couple of minutes or even seconds. You can exactly tell the location of the user with full accuracy. Even when i am commenting here, Dawn news administrator and intel agencies could locate me in seconds. So If someone is telling me that Taliban can use such website without government or dark forces agreement then it would be a lie. If the Balochistan Liberation Army and Other Baloch, Ahmedi and even Shia websites could be traced and blocked in Pakistan then how come Taliban website and even the twitter accounts of Taliban commanders are working properly??. Why Pakistani people are forced to recognize that some type of Collusion is going on within the government to protect such groups?

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Shayne O

Apr 06, 2014 03:00pm

@Omer: Censorship is not the answer Omer. The media should be fearless and report what governments want to hide. That said, I have no problems with hackers taking this site down.

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Tahir

Apr 06, 2014 03:04pm

Back into Zia-ul-Haq period...

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Lodhi

Apr 06, 2014 03:14pm

the government had released 19 prisoners as good will*** gesture to the TTP.

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NoNy

Apr 06, 2014 03:35pm

RIP civilization, if there was any left in this ill-fated part of the world.

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Muhammad

Apr 06, 2014 04:34pm

Remind me again why is this website still active ??? This should have been taken down the min it was launched. Come on Government !!!!! they should be ashamed of themself.

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Raza

Apr 06, 2014 04:40pm

If YouTube can be banned, so can this website. The government should not let the TTP propogate hate material against the state or its army under any circumstance. A plea to PM Sharif to do the right thing.

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jamshed khan

Apr 06, 2014 04:40pm

Why can't someone block this website?

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Urooj

Apr 06, 2014 04:52pm

This is so dangerous ,,,they can invite more youth to join them ,,and convince people on their cause ,,thank God my kids are too young ,,but it should be alarming for parents ,,WE MUST DEMAND A BAN ON IT ,,,

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I. Ahmed

Apr 06, 2014 05:50pm

I propose that government and PTA should ban this website in Pakistan like You Tube. It is bad for the social and moral upbringing of our children as Taliban website is full of ideology which is against the religion of Islam as communicated to us through Quran and Hadiths by our beloved prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

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Yawar

Apr 06, 2014 06:02pm

Chaudry sahib, is this another goodwill gesture?

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Omer Irfan Kayani

Apr 06, 2014 06:48pm

What can you expect from a bunch democratic hypocrites vouching for peace for a bunch of murderous hypocrites?.

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Intikhab

Apr 06, 2014 07:27pm

Strange! TTP is just bothering itself. What was the need when the entire Pakistani media is serving TTP's cause despite strict prohibitions under the Anti-Terrorism Act?

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Sheraz

Apr 06, 2014 07:30pm

They are getting money from west. Its easy to catch them now because domain must be registered to some one who paid by credit card and website must be hosted some where which be tracked easily by FBI but they wont take action because its all funded by west....

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pathanoo

Apr 06, 2014 07:40pm

And, what does the website show? Flogging women, blowing up girl's school in the name of true Islam, beheading Pakistani soldiers, preaching hatred of Shias and Ahmadias, videos of blowing up Mosques, shooting of Malala Yusfzai?

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Salim A

Apr 06, 2014 07:51pm

What a bunch of contradictory and conflicted souls. They want Internet and You-Tube and Facebook banned unless it gives them a propaganda platform. I say let them put up their sites and videos and allow others to do the same. Let's see who's idea, people will openly embrace - with out fear!!! I already know which side I will put my bets on.

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Butt

Apr 06, 2014 09:11pm

@Shahryar Shirazi: You must be either joking or a Taliban sympathizer

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Osama Obaid

Apr 06, 2014 09:38pm

So the government can ban the entire YouTube but they can't ban hate material and this terrorist website?

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Ahmed

Apr 06, 2014 10:16pm

@Sheraz: they using fake info to register domain, but its shame that website is still active and accessible.....

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Aftab Hussain

Apr 06, 2014 11:26pm

@Aysha: They are the hypocrites, liars and the very people that the Quran warned us about.

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Aftab Hussain

Apr 06, 2014 11:27pm

@kashif: Nope just Pakistan. I think we are the next Somalia if not already.

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Kaspar

Apr 06, 2014 11:32pm

By holding talks with them, releasing some of their prisoners, and even considering to provide them a 'peacefull area' so they can move freely, the government has already demonstrated its willingness to legitimise this so-called 'banned' organisation. The next step may be to induct a couple of Ministers from TTP in the federal cabinet. We shouldn't be surprised if this happens soon. After all, "they are our brothers, only a little 'misguided!' "

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Aftab Hussain

Apr 06, 2014 11:33pm

@Awan: Excellent point! This is because the very people you guys elected to run the country are the same people that have hijacked Islam and the future of Pakistan. They are the same people who responsible for creating these terrorists at the behest of Saudi financing. We sold our country long time ago.

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abdullah

Apr 06, 2014 11:33pm

if there is any "freedom of speech" then why mujahideen are not allowed to express their point of view?why so-called "freedom of speech" is limited to secularists and liberals?why there is no freedom of speech and freedom of expression for islamists? the reality of freedom of speech is that there is no freedom of speech for anyone who demands shariah...!!

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Syed

Apr 06, 2014 11:53pm

A group of criminals openly abusing Armed forces of a nation without any fear of blockage or consequences. If this is freedom of expression and democracy, I would rather choose dictatorship.

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abdullah

Apr 07, 2014 12:52am

@sarwar khan: Even if Pakistan bans it, the website will still be able to be seen outside of Pakistan where they can recruit non-Pakistanis and promote themselves to their sympathizers to get more funding, also i believe even if it is banned in Pakistan people still may be able to view it from a proxy server.

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S Chaudhury

Apr 07, 2014 02:07am

@abdullah: Freedom of speech for terrorists & murderers. You must be mad

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assad

Apr 07, 2014 04:18am

And any reason why this site is not being blocked in Pakistan? What kind of a useless, gutless government do we have running in Pakistan? Youtube gets blocked the moment it has some silly content, yet these people who are actively spewing hate against Pakistan can openly propagate this information through the Internet to our readers. Given our media is scared out of its wits against the TTP, this is another psychological warfare boost for the TTP. Without a shadow of doubt, Pakistan has the World's most useless and ineffective counter-militancy strategy.

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azad

Apr 07, 2014 04:38am

@Awan: Because some one has paid advanced amount of $1.5Billions to ensure relax treatment for their agents.

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skeptic

Apr 07, 2014 05:01am

o the wise ones, is the internet halal .

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Eddied

Apr 07, 2014 05:52am

@Sheraz: Who in the west is interested in funding the TTP terrorists?..remember that.these are the same people the west sent drones to eliminate...false claims like this only help the terrorists....if you have any proof or evidence then show it?...otherwise this is just an anti west conspiracy theory...nothing more...

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Moby

Apr 07, 2014 05:56am

Interesting that the news release does not mention the url ...

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Syed

Apr 07, 2014 06:38am

Who is hosting this website? what a mockery of technology.

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Amigo

Apr 07, 2014 06:47am

Reliable sources reports that Taliban is in talk with western companies for technical support to launch TNN soon !! (Taliban News Network)

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Roxana R

Apr 07, 2014 05:35pm

@Lodhi : It is ridiculous. Why have not these prisoners been prosecuted and, if guilty, punished? Releasing Taliban is an insult to the rest of Pakistan.

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Reader

Apr 07, 2014 06:50pm

Website to be taken down immediately if PTA cannot do this then hackers should lead the way as goodwill gesture these savages don't deserve the right of being heard...

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nana

Apr 08, 2014 09:50am

Why people are surprised?

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Imran

Apr 08, 2014 11:15am

A website against the State, Army, Constitution, Common Citizens (mainly Shia / Sunni Barelvi Muslims and other Minorities). No action means Nawaz regime is either ignorant or sympathize killers of TTP. Army to take action and save State, Army, Constitution, Common Citizens.

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Muhammad Rizwan

Apr 08, 2014 02:55pm

Well, this seems some type of advertisement

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Adi

Apr 09, 2014 04:25am

And the web spreads till everyone is stuck in it, the whole freakin country Sleep with snakes? Cry me a river when bitten!!!!

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Maria

Apr 09, 2014 04:45am

I wonder if this website will be banned at all, or is the 'ban everything' attitude only reserved for harmless websites including youtube and wikipedia.

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