Tariq Gidar Group

Tariq Gidar Group (طارق گیدڑ گروپ, abbreviated TGG) is a Pakistani-based militant jihadist group which is linked to Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan where it is mainly active in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa area of Pakistan.

History
The group faction was established in the 2000s and headquartered in Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan and during the late 2000s, the group has claimed responsibility for many kidnappings and murders which include the beheading of Piotr Stańczak and has claimed responsibility for many attacks since 2010 which include the Bacha Khan University attack in Charsadda, Pakistan, and the 2014 Peshawar school massacre. The group was also active in some parts of Afghanistan.

On May 25, 2016, the United States Department of State officially designated Tariq Gidar Group a terrorist organization, this also is with the designation of the group Jamaat ul Dawa al Quran.

On July 13, 2016, the US killed the leader of Tariq Gidar Group, Umar Naray, who had also masterminded the 2014 Peshawar school massacre in a targeted airstrike in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (before the Taliban take-over and the Fall of Kabul in 2021) near the Pakistani-Afghani border known as the Durand Line. The strike was also targeting members of the Islamic State – Khorasan Province with both being said in a Statement by-then United States press secretary, Peter Cook.

On March 22, 2019, the United Nations Security Council officially added Tariq Gidar Group onto the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee.

Though the Pakistani government has stated that through Operation Zarb-e-Azb the Tariq Gidar Group has been destroyed, they still remain active in the Darra Adam Khel area.