The Pakistan Taliban (TTP) vowed revenge after bin Laden's death last year, and carried out high-profile attacks across Pakistan. It bombed an American consulate convoy, laid siege to a naval base and killed paramilitary cadets.
Formed in 2007, the TTP is an umbrella group of various Pakistani militant factions operating in Pakistan's unruly northwestern tribal areas along the porous border with Afghanistan. TTP's spokesman also threatened attacks against Shad Begum, a women's rights activist based in the northwestern city of Peshawar. More.
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