In an alarming disclosure, government officials have said that there are more than 8,000 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), declared “Fitna al-Khawarij”, terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the media published detailed report citing inside government sources.
According to report the terrorists, the officials added, have crossed into the country from neighbouring Afghanistan via lesser-known routes through the porous border and are present in Peshawar, Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Swat, Shangla and merged districts.
Saying that the militants set up checkpoints on the CPEC Road, DI Khan-Bannu Road and in Tank, the officials said that the terrorists take refuge in the general population and attack security forces.
The worrying revelation comes as KP, which borders neighbouring Afghanistan, has been facing the brunt of terror incidents along with Balochistan.
KP, as per a police report, has has witnessed more than 600 terrorism incidents in the first eight months of 2025.
There were 605 terror incidents in the province till August, which resulted in the martyrdom of 138 civilians, while 352 others were left wounded.
Whereas 79 police personnel were martyred and 130 were injured, the report added.
In last month alone, 17 civilians were martyred and 51 were wounded, along with 13 police personnel martyrdom and 46 injuries in a total of 129 terror incidents.
