Rising losses and multiple security challenges are putting pressure on Pakistan’s intelligence system, with leadership signalling tougher accountability and possible internal changes in the coming weeks.
The latest round of Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks in Istanbul ended without agreement, with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan accusing Islamabad of insincerity and attempting to shift blame onto Afghanistan.
The US has held a counter-terrorism dialogue with Pakistan, which hosts several terrorists and terror groups, and they reaffirmed their “shared commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations”, according to their joint statement.
A complete curfew has been imposed across North Waziristan amidst rising insecurity and militant activity, while authorities in Bajaur desperately scramble to negotiate with Pakistani Taliban (TTP) leaders, urging them to either retreat to Afghanistan or vanish into the mountains, according to multiple reports by Dawn News.
Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, told the UN General Assembly on Monday that these groups were intensifying attacks on Pakistan in recent weeks.
Over a dozen soldiers have been killed and several others injured in a suicide attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, officials said
The province of Sindh has long been a simmering cauldron of discontent, spanning several decades. It has consistently voiced grievances over federal discrimination and political marginalisation, which have benefited the politically and economically dominant Punjab.
TTP announced similar ceasefires during religious festivities in the past as well.
Justifying its recent airstrikes in Afghanistan's Paktika province, the Pakistan government on Monday stated that it would carry out more such attacks inside the Afghan territory to target Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) hideouts
The daring terror attacks have drawn large-scale condemnation in Pakistan, for they expose the abject failure of security forces. Ordinary cit- izens are seeking answers and assur- ances from the government; if such highly-protected police locations are so insecure, then what is the state of security and safety of ordinary people?
