Pakistan Taliban reject Daesh leader’s claim to be ‘caliph’

Dera Ismail Khan: Pakistan’s Taliban have rejected Daesh leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi’s claim to be the global leader of all Muslims, the movement said in a statement on Saturday.

The Pakistani Taliban’s statement comes after a similar rejection by the Afghan Taliban following pledges of allegiance from low-level commanders of both Islamist movements to the Middle East-based Daesh.