article_snippet: After a period of disunity, his group's three major splinter groups announced last week that the terrorist group's three major splinter groups were joining forces again under the name Tehrik-i-Taliban, or TTP.
article_snippet: The Pakistani military has been waging a campaign against the militant group in North Waziristan, one of the loosely governed tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
article_snippet: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whose government held unsuccessful peace talks with the TTP last year, strongly condemned Sunday's attack, according to a statement from Sharif office.
article_snippet: Sharif asked provincial governments to tighten security and "take all possible measures" to protect people and property, a statement from his office said.