Overview
- CRSS tallied 3,417 violence-linked deaths in 2025, roughly 34% more than 2024, marking the highest toll in ten years.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan accounted for over 96% of fatalities and nearly 93% of incidents, with KP alone recording 2,331 deaths.
- Security operations killed about 2,060 militants across at least 392 actions, exceeding the combined deaths of civilians and security personnel.
- CRSS says attacks fell about 9% in November and nearly 17% in December after the October border closure, with late-year declines in civilian and security-force fatalities.
- A separate PICSS assessment likewise portrays 2025 as exceptionally violent, citing 3,413 deaths, a surge in suicide bombings, and 667 security personnel killed.