It has been said that they are NOT genunine Taliban as they had no role in anti-Soviet struggle and they also have no role in anti-US struggle in Afghanistan. They are only using the name of Taliban to get legitimacy and probably it’s true seeing their activities which are quite different from those of Afghan Taliban.
According to the Media Monitors Network:
In Pakistan, there are also other factors at work. Many so-called leaders of the Pakistani Taliban are on the US payroll. One is Baitullah Mehsud, the self-styled leader of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan. Having played no role in the anti-Soviet or anti-US struggle in Afghanistan, he was projected as a leader after the death of Abdullah Mehsud, his brother. Abdullah was captured in Afghanistan and spent two years in Guantanamo Bay. Before his release, he was recruited by the CIA. His death in 2006 deprived the US of an important asset but his brother, Baitullah, quickly moved into the slot. One indication of Baitullah’s American connection is that, despite the Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) providing six-figure coordinates of his location, the Americans have not fired a single missile at him. Many mudbrick homes and madrassas where children from poor families learn the Qur’an have been obliterated by missile strikes, killing hundreds on mere suspicion. Similarly, in Swat, Mullah Fazlullah, another self-proclaimed Taliban leader, is frequently visited by CIA operatives. The US has also recruited a large number of tribal leaders as well as the ruling party, the National Awami Party, in the Frontier Province.
How has the US managed to recruit so many Pakistani tribal leaders? The answer lies in General Pervez Musharraf’s subservient policy, which is still pursued by his successors, of allowing the Americans a free hand in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Agency (FATA). In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, hundreds of Pakistanis living illegally in the US were also rounded up. They were given a stark choice: work for the CIA or FBI or rot in jail. The majority willingly collaborated. Today, the CIA has hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Pakistanis on its payroll, earning $10,000 per month or more and operating in Pakistan. The same is true of tribal leaders bought for sacks full of dollars.
The US has also deliberately sabotaged any peace deals between the Pakistan army and tribal leaders. One such deal with Nek Muhammad of South Waziristan in July 2005 was thwarted by the US when it killed him with a precision-guided missile fired from a US drone. There have been many other American attacks on tribal leaders who had agreed to work for peace in the region. There have also been attacks on madrassas; the one in Bajaur in October 2006 where 82 children were killed stands out particularly for the scale of its brutality.
There are other disturbing developments as well that point to a nexus between the US, Britain, Israel and India to destabilize and destroy Pakistan. In recent months there has been a sharp increase in so-called Taliban attacks on civilian targets in Pakistan. On several occasions, when these armed men have been killed, reports from the field have been that they were not circumcised. This clearly points to Indian agents operating in Pakistan, disguised as Taliban and terrorizing the civilian population. Reports of uncircumcised dead men in Kurram Agency and Hangu district have been communicated to this writer by several residents from the area. Many knowledgeable Pakistani analysts also point to US-Israeli involvement, reinforcing the belief that the US plans to destabilize and therefore destroy Pakistan.
