Overview
- The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service says Pakistan remains a haven for five types of militants, with 12 of 15 groups designated under US terrorism law.
- India-focused outfits such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizbul Mujahideen are described as active, with about 1,500 HM fighters and roughly 500 for JeM.
- The report records 4,001 terrorism-linked deaths in 2025, the highest in 11 years, and names the Pakistani Taliban, or TTP, as the deadliest internal threat.
- US officials cited in the report link the Haqqani Network, led by Afghanistan’s interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, to Pakistan’s intelligence services.
- Despite a 2014 crackdown plan and removal from a global financial watchlist in 2022, the report notes radical teachings in some madrassas and sustained operations by banned groups.