Pakistan has been no stranger to terrorism since the dawn of this century. However, the phenomenon of terrorism has been escalating since the arrival of the Afghan Taliban in Kabul. It is quite remarkable that initial assessment reports by Pakistan’s intelligence suggest that a pro-friendly government in Kabul led by the Afghan Taliban would result in a declining terrorism surge in the country and pave the way for securing the western border- Durand Line, 2640km. However, the outfall of Kabul at the hands of the Afghan Taliban resulted in a different direction.

Pakistan has experienced the worst terrorism in the year 2023 while various reports conclude that the country has undergone 65pc surge of terrorism in the last year. The principal actor behind such nefarious terrorist activity is Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan-TTP- which is getting both covert and overt support from Afghanistan. Many independent security analysts opted that TTP and Afghan Taliban are different sides of the same coin due to their close affinity of religious ideology, ethnicity and shared worldview. It is also reported that TTP had supported Afghan Taliban during the last two decades when the USA occupied Afghanistan in the name of “Enduring Freedom Operation”, and now it is time to pay back to TTP Afghan Taliban. Other reports claimed that TTP has been used by the Afghan Taliban as a proxy to pressure Pakistan.

It is also worth noting that TTP is allying with other non-violent anti-Pakistan forces in another part of the country. In this regard, the closeness between TTP and BLA indicates the gravity and threat to the internal security of Pakistan- especially in the........

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