Ehsanullah Ehsan (Taliban spokesman)
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Ehsanullah Ehsan is a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban.[1][2]
In December 2011 Ehsanullah disputed that the Pakistani Taliban was negotiating a cease-fire with the Pakistani government.[3] He asserted that the individuals negotiating that cease-fire were doing so without the authorization of the Taliban's leadership.
Views on youth activism
On October 9th, 2012, he assumed responsibility for the Taliban shooting in the head of a 14-year old Pakistani activist, Malala Yousafzai, a girl who was famous for highlighting Taliban atrocities. He said that the teenager's work had been an "obscenity" that needed to be stopped: "This was a new chapter of obscenity, and we have to finish this chapter." [4]
References
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"Taliban admits Shabqadar attack". BBC News. 2011-05-03.
"It's the first revenge for the martyrdom of... Bin Laden. There will be more," Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told the Reuters news agency by telephone from an undisclosed location.
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"Suicide attack strikes Pakistani soldiers". Al Jazeera. 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
A Pakistani Taliban spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan, claimed responsibility for the attack in a phone call to the Associated Press news agency. He said it was meant to avenge the death of commander Taj Gul in a US drone strike in October in the South Waziristan tribal area, a key sanctuary for the militants.
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"Pakistani Taliban deny talks with government". Al Jazeera. 2011-12-11. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
`Talks by a handful of people with the government cannot be deemed as the Taliban talking,' Ehsan told The Associated Press by telephone from an undisclosed location.
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/09/pakistan-girl-shot-activism-swat-taliban
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