Afghan Taliban declined a request for help from the militants in northwest Pakistan's Swat by reminding them of their policy of non-interference in Pakistan' s affairs, according to local TV channel reports Monday.
Sources among the Afghan Taliban told that the Swat Taliban had approached them recently and sought help in their battle against Pakistani security forces, the private TV GEO News reported.
A senior Afghan Taliban official, requesting anonymity, from an undisclosed location said that "we told them that the Afghan Taliban have a standard policy not to interfere in Pakistan's affairs."
"We reiterated our policy and requested the Swat Taliban not to involve us in Pakistan's internal matters," he added, Xinhua reported.
It was reported that the Afghan Taliban have often been linked to the Pakistani Taliban. There have been credible reports that Taliban leader Mulla Muhammad Omar has been sending emissaries to mediate between warring Pakistani Taliban leaders and request them not to fight with each other.
Pakistani security forces still continue search and clearance operations in Swat and Malakand in North West Frontier Province. About 1,700 militants have been killed since Pakistani forces launched the military operation against Taliban militants late April after militants in early April entered the Buner district from the neighboring Swat district and refused to vacate the area despite their pledge to do so.