Turkistan Bhittani

Turkistan Bhittani or Turkestan Bettani (c. 1968 – 23 December 2019) was the militant leader of a pro-government Taliban faction based in the town of Tank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. He is notable for his opposition to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Turkistan belongs to Bettani tribe (also spelled Bhittani).

Tarihi

A lokacin da yake matashi, Bhittani ya shiga cikin jihadi mai adawa da Soviet a Afghanistan.

Daga baya, Turkistan ya yi aiki a cikin rundunar Frontier Corps har zuwa lokacin da ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1998. Daga nan sai ya shiga Taliban a Yaƙin basasar Afghanistan kuma ya kasance a cikin 2001 don yaƙi da sojojin da Amurka ke jagoranta.

Kalubale ga TTP

Kodayake a wani lokaci ya kasance yana da alaƙa da Baitullah Mehsud, Turkistan Bhittani bai yarda da hare-haren Baitullah a kan 'yan Pakistan da jami'an tsaro ba. Bayan ya rasa kimanin mutane 40 daga cikin mutanensa a rikice-rikice da sojojin Baitullah a 2008, Turkistan ya shiga cikin sojojin da ke adawa da TTP. Tare da goyon bayan sojojin Pakistan, ya haɗa kai da Qari Zainuddin Mehsud don kalubalanci Baitullah a bayyane. A ranar 8 ga watan Yunin shekara ta 2009, Zainuddin da Turkistan sun gudanar da Jirga na dattawan kabilar Mehsud inda Turkistan ta yi Allah wadai da hanyoyin Baitullah kuma ta bukaci dattawa da su yi yaƙi da shugaban TTP idan bai kawo karshen hare-haren da ya kai wa fararen hula ba kuma su fara tattaunawa da gwamnati.

Bayan rasuwar Zainuddin a ranar 23 ga Yuni 2009, Turkistan ta yi shelar shirye-shiryen yin aiki tare da sojojin Pakistan da sojojin Amurka don yaki da TTP.