Taliban set up base in Syria: Report

A report says the Pakistani Taliban have set up a base in Syria to join foreign-sponsored terrorists in their fight against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

The state-run BBC reported on Friday that a senior Taliban commander said that the base was established by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) with the help of former Afghan fighters of Middle Eastern origin who moved to Syria in recent years.
Mohammad Amin, a Taliban operative and “coordinator of the Syrian base,” said some 12 warfare and information technology experts had travelled to Syria during the past two months to assess the situation in the Arab country.
He claimed that the cell in Syria was set up six months ago, adding that it sends “information and feedback” on the crisis.