Overview

• In a CTD-supported operation in the Mehrday area of Malakand district, police forces killed five TTP militants, injured two and took eight alive.
• Earlier the same day in Hangu district, security forces killed nine militants and three officers were wounded in an exchange of fire.
• These operations follow a renewed counterterror campaign launched after the TTP ended its ceasefire in November 2022, marked by increasing raids and drone strikes.
• Pakistan’s placement at number two in the 2025 Global Terrorism Index reflects a 45% year-on-year rise in terror-related deaths, largely driven by violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
• The TTP’s exploitation of safe havens near the Afghan border continues to challenge Islamabad’s efforts to secure its northwestern provinces.