by Sharif Amiry
Amid a surge in international pressure, Pakistan's powerful intelligence agency, Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) is planning to move Taliban's Quetta Shura to Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, said Hayatollah Hayat, the governor of Helmand province.
Hayat said that the Afghan security forces have however, so far foiled ISI's attempt to relocate the council (Quetta Shura) to Helmand province.
According to Hayat, the move by the ISI comes amid a surge in international pressure on Pakistan.
"International pressure has increased on Pakistan. Therefore Pakistan thinks that Helmand at this juncture is the best place for members of the Quetta Shura, hence Pakistan is trying to transfer Quetta Shura to Helmand, but we are preventing it," said Hayat.
In the wake of recent battles that have shattered the calm in Helmand, a number of residents in the volatile region have pushed government to take the battle in Helmand seriously.
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