Pakistan-Afghanistan relations deteriorate due to Taliban’s refusal to act against TTP: Report
Islamabad: The International Crisis Group (ICG) has said Pakistan has been the worst-affected country since the Taliban’s 2021 takeover of Afghanistan.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the Brussels-based independent and non-profit think tank, in a new report, says that relations between the two countries have tanked, mainly because of the Afghan Taliban’s refusal to crack down on the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Since 2022, violence in Pakistan has spiralled. In 2025 alone, militants martyred more than 600 Pakistani soldiers and police, mostly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, the two provinces bordering Afghanistan.
Islamabad says that the banned TTP are responsible for these attacks, along with Baloch insurgent groups, which it believes with evidence, are backed by arch-rival India.
Brussels-based think tank says Islamabad may strike Afghanistan again if militant attacks continue.
“UN monitors assert that the TTP enjoys Taliban support,” according to the report.
On its western flank, after 11 Pakistani military personnel were martyred in a TTP attack on Oct 8, Islamabad conducted cross-border airstrikes, including its first-ever strike on Kabul, ostensibly targeting TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud. The report cautions that Islamabad is likely to lash out again if it traces another strike back to Afghanistan.
