Overview
- The UN Security Council’s monitoring team records that no member state accepted Kabul’s claim that no terrorist groups operate in Afghanistan.
- The report links increased attacks in Pakistan to expanded operating space for the TTP, noting over 3,500 claimed attacks in 2025, with more than 2,100 in the second half.
- Investigators cite the Nov. 11 Islamabad courthouse bombing that killed 12 people, attributing it to a TTP splinter faction as evidence of extended militant reach.
- Al‑Qaeda is assessed to provide training and advisory support—particularly to the TTP—with AQIS leadership believed to be in Kabul, while ISKP remains active near the Pakistan border and in the north.
- The team details factors boosting lethality and reach, including leftover advanced weaponry, the TTP’s presence of roughly 6,000 fighters in eastern provinces, and growing use of drones, satellite communications and AI.