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Islamabad: The International Crisis Group (ICG) has said Pakistan has been the worst-affected country since the Taliban\u2019s 2021 takeover of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s refusal to crack down on the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Brussels-based think tank says Islamabad may strike Afghanistan again if militant attacks continue.<\/p>\n
\u201cUN monitors assert that the TTP enjoys Taliban support,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad: The International Crisis Group (ICG) has said Pakistan has been the worst-affected country since the Taliban\u2019s 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\u2019s refusal to crack …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":192244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"\n