Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was being funded from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and that PTI chief Imran Khan had himself admitted to reintroducing the TTP militants in the province they were expelled from, reported The
Chinese citizens are facing increasing threats from different terrorist groups in Pakistan, with a rise in recent incidents of targeted attacks on China nationals.
Pakistan's south Punjab Additional Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Sahabzada Shahzad Sultan, in a statement, said that the incident was an act of terror. While giving details about the incident, the police officials said that the perpetrators were on a motorcycle and started firing at the
The TTP has deep historical ties with the Afghan Taliban, al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP). It is a by-product of al-Qaeda's jihadi politics in Afghanistan and Pakistan after 9/11.
At the 40th National Security Committee meeting, Pakistan vowed to show 'zero tolerance' for terrorism amid the spurt in terrorist strikes by banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and a rise in cross-border terrorism on Pak-Afghanistan border, Geo News reported.
This latest statement comes after the Taliban rejected comments made by Pakistan's interior minister about the presence of Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan. The Islamic group said that it is prepared to protect the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Pakistan tasted their own medicine when an Afghan Taliban member shamed them for surrendering to India in the 1971 war that led to the creation of a new nation, Bangladesh from erstwhile East Pakistan.
TTP is allied with the Taliban, who seized power in neighbouring Afghanistan in August last year. The radical Islamic outfit has stepped up attacks since it announced the end of an Afghan Taliban-brokered ceasefire with the government in November.
In its annual report, the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) said Pakistan security forces lost at least 282 personnel during 2022 in attacks that included IED ambushes, suicide attacks, and raids on security posts, mostly in the Pakistan-Afghan border regions.