Mufti Muzahim, the “Minister of Defense” of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP), announced an end to the ceasefire on Nov. 28 in a statement released on Umar Media, the TTP’s official web site. Muzahim “ordered” TTP forces throughout Pakistan “to launch attacks anywhere in the country” in response to Pakistani military operations.

The TTP claimed that it chose to end the ceasefire after “the army and intelligence agencies continue to raid and attack” its forces.

“And now our revenge attacks will continue in the whole country,” the TTP statement concluded.

The TTP has launched thousands of deadly attacks against Pakistani civilians, government officials, police, and soldiers since its formation in 2007. Tens of thousands of Pakistanis have been killed in the attacks while the Taliban ruled large areas of northwestern Pakistan between 2007 and 2013. The TTP gained some of that territory by cutting peace deals with the Pakistani government.