Afghan Taliban-TTP

Data on the number and location of terrorist attacks in Pakistan show a concentration near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

Yes, the Afghan Taliban’s victory emboldened the TTP. But Islamabad also missed its chance to deal the group a decisive blow.

The circumstances are dangerously ripe for a destabilizing element to shift the strategic balance in South Asia, with global consequences. 

The TTP has called for attacks on Pakistani leaders while the Taliban in Kabul push back against Pakistani accusations of Afghanistan harboring terrorists. 

The shelling has come at a time of mounting bilateral tensions over Pakistani border posts and Taliban sheltering anti-Pakistan militants.

The death of Abdul Wali, also widely known as Omar Khalid Khurasani, deals a heavy blow to the Pakistani Taliban.

With the TTP’s history of failed agreements and its demand to establish exclusive control over the former FATA, why is Pakistan so keen on talks?

Pakistan’s government is talking with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), sparking fears about what the state is prepared to negotiate away.

Worryingly, the Pakistan government is engaging the militant group in talks from a position of weakness.

The Afghan Taliban prefer to broker peace rather than crack the whip on the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban now believe they too can wage a successful jihad against the ‘infidel’ Pakistani state.