Relations between Islamabad’s policy makers and the TTP are in dire straits because of the groups increasing transborder attacks from the Afghan territory. A lone shooter opened fire on the consulate general bunker on Friday, December 2nd. Although no one has yet claimed responsibility, the timeframe of the offence on Pakistan’s consulate general in Kabul clearly indicates a connection with the TTP breaking its peace accord with the Islamabad. On December 11, at least eight…
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by Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry in Dawn, January 8th, 2023The writer is a former foreign secretary and author of Diplomatic Footprints.PAKISTAN’S leadership has lately been engaged in a war of words with the Afghan Taliban. Our frustration is understandable. The Taliban regime in Kabul was not doing enough to stop the TTP from using Afghan soil to launch terrorist attacks against the people of Pakistan. The National Security Committee meeting on Jan 2, without naming Afghanistan,…
by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Morning, Jan 4, 2023Former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director, Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) Nilantha Jayawardena, against whom criminal proceedings were recommended by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) that investigated into the Easter Sunday terror attacks of 2019, and who later became a State witness in the cases pertaining to the same, has been promoted to the post of Acting SDIG – Administration. When contacted by The…
report in Daily Times, Jan 1, 2023The year 2022 ended with December as the deadliest month for Pakistan while the country suffered as many as 376 terror attacks in last year that resulted in an increased number of casualties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces. The Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), in its annual report released on Saturday, said that the majority of these attacks were claimed by the banned terror outfits such…
Pakistan’s strategy against the outlawed terrorist organisation, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), heavily depended on the Taliban regime in Afghanistan who now insist that such groups are not operating out of their country. Instead, they insist that this is an internal problem that Pakistan must deal with on its own. At the same time, cross-border attacks have increased exponentially ever since the Ashraf Ghani was ousted. There is an undeniable link here that must be explored and…
report in The News, Dec 1, 2022Islamabad: Syed Kaleem Imam, former IG Punjab, IG Sindh, and Federal Secretary of the Ministry of Narcotics Control, has said that the resurgence of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan is manifested through several attacks, both individual and on institutions, in the northern belt of Pakistan. Mr Imam was speaking at a roundtable discussion at the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS)on ‘Recent TTP infiltration in the north of Pakistan; impact and future prospects.’…
by Mohsin Saleem ullah in The Nation, Nov 29, 2022The writer is a practicing lawyer and columnist.Militancy, insurgency, and instability continue to rise exponentially in the northern areas of Pakistan; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has, in the past few months, been witness to a greater number of violence and terrorist attacks than it has for years now. Previously classified as ‘isolated’ acts of terrorism, there is a now growing concern amongst army officials and locals alike…