Overview
- ISPR reported 75,175 intelligence-based operations in 2025 and 5,397 terrorist incidents, with 2,597 militants killed and 1,235 security personnel and civilians dead, including 27 suicide attacks.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa accounted for 71% of incidents, and the ISPR chief blamed a political‑criminal‑terror nexus, accusing the PTI-led provincial leadership of resisting operations and seeking help from Afghanistan.
- Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry alleged Afghanistan hosts sanctuaries for Al‑Qaeda, Daesh, the TTP and BLA, claimed about 2,500 foreign fighters have moved from Syria to Afghanistan, and said U.S. weapons left there are being used by militants.
- The ISPR further alleged India provides funding, logistics and technology to proxy groups targeting Pakistan, and said Afghan attackers were involved in 10 major 2025 incidents, with a decline in attacks after border closures.
- Officials said Pakistan conducted October 2025 cross‑border strikes against TTP infrastructure and eliminated dozens of hostile posts, asserted the operations did not target the Afghan Taliban, and stated the army uses drones primarily for surveillance while militants deploy armed quadcopters.