The Afghan acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani, has made a startling revelation in a documentary released on December 29,2023 how the Pakistan Army facilitated the release of the former leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Baitullah Mehsud and several other top militant leaders. The Afghan minister disclosed that Mehsud secured his release after his arrest in Pakistan, along with that of other high ranking Taliban leaders including Haji Mali Khan, Naseeruddin Haqqani, two brothers of top aide of Mullah Omar, Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Osmani and others, in an exchange of more than 300 Pakistani troops that had been detained by him. Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani is the uncle of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban deputy Supreme Leader and acting Afghan Interior Minister while Haji Mali Khan is currently serving as the Afghan Deputy Chief of Army Staff. Baitullah Mehsud, who was accused of assassinating former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in December 2007, was killed in an US missile strike in 2009. If Haqqani’s allegations have credence, it would deflate Pakistan Army’s claim that TTP had the support of Indian agencies.