"We have no connection to this bombing but we will continue to target them wherever possible," Ehsan added. PHOTO: AFP
"We believe in attacking US and its allies but we are not involved in this attack," Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told AFP.
"We have no connection to this bombing but we will continue to target them wherever possible," Ehsan added.
Monday's explosions at the Boston Marathon, one of America's top sporting events, forced cities from New York to Los Angeles to go on high alert and conjured up memories of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
An Internet video purportedly from the TTP claimed responsibility for a car bomb attempt in New York's Times Square on May 1, 2010, for which Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad was jailed for life.
A TTP spokesman later denied that the faction had trained or recruited Shahzad.
Shahzad said during his trial that he received bomb-making training during a 40-day stay with the Pakistani Taliban, but that on his return to the United States he planned the bombing and acted alone.
He was also shown in a video embracing Hakimullah Mehsud, commander of the TTP, who has vowed to attack major US cities.
The TTP is based in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on the Afghan border and has been blamed for some of the deadliest suicide attacks in Pakistan.
US President Barack Obama says it is not yet clear who was behind the blasts. He said the perpetrators would pay. He did not utter the word "terror".
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Check the time of denial - was it before the blast or after?
@sid: Good one.
And US believed and honoured what was said by Mr. Taliban...hahahahah...
How much trust they got in them... Isn't it funny....
Who is capturing our market share???????????
"“We believe in attacking US and its allies but we are not involved in this attack,” "
So, why is CIA still paying TTP to attack and kill its own people?!!!
Wait a minute!!! It's not CIA. It's RAW which is paying TTP.
Yes, RAW wants TTP to attack America, so that the US can bomb Pakistan in retaliation.
India is becoming the next Israel. And RAW is becoming the next Mossad.
No No No. This time it is going to be most probably Iran or N Korea or some group in Africa.
denied before or after explosion?
Too many Indian trolls... Give it up already
innocent TTP.
Why was there a need for TTP to deny the bombing. Did someone accuse them?
Given that the vast majority of terror attacks that have been concieved in Pakistan or have a Pakistani, why would you Pakistanis even be surprised that the finger of blame will be pointed squarely at yourselves. Man up, start taking some responsibilty for yourselves and the actions of your countrymen and maybe the rest of the world won't look at Pakistan every time a bomb goes off. Alternatively you can carry on as you are, in which case you'll only have yourselves to blame when the backlash begins against you people worldwide
TTP for the first time appear to be speaking the truth as they are totally preoccupied in stopping the election process and fighting the military in Pakistan.
Why .Why should it be the work of Taliban all the time. Why cant it be some US extremists. US is not that innocent but then killing innocnets in that land is unpardanable.
Thanks ET for making me smile!! bawahahahahahhahaa
We can just clearly say that this is a Pakistani govt. statement ...under the guise of TTP
yes, they are too busy sabotaging elections in pakistan