Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (
TTP;
Urdu: ; "Taliban Movement of Pakistan"), alternatively referred to as the
Pakistani Taliban, is an
umbrella organization of various
Islamist militant groups based in the northwestern
Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the
Afghan border in
Pakistan. Most, but not all, Pakistani Taliban groups coalesce under the TTP. In December 2007 about 13 groups united under the leadership of
Baitullah Mehsud to form the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. Among the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan's stated objectives are resistance against the Pakistani state, enforcement of their interpretation of
sharia and a plan to unite against
NATO-led forces in Afghanistan.