Kabul – The Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been identified as the foremost source of instability in the region by a major new United Nations Security Council report (S/2025/796).
The results, published in December 2025, imply that the region can seem to be in a stable state, but it is experiencing structural vulnerability on a deeper level.
The UN assessment of the situation shows that the cross-border attacks are still a significant menace to peace, and the TTP can use adjacent territory to restructure and deliver high-impact attacks.
As pointed out in the report, the TTP now boasts about 6,000 fighters with a safe haven in provinces like Khost, Kunar, and Nangarhar.
In 2025 itself, this group organized over 600 attacks in Pakistan.
This outbreak of Cross-border attacks is an extension of a recently proclaimed offensive dubbed Al-Khandaq that has seen the group broaden its targets to include government forces to include military-owned businesses, and Chinese interests in the area.
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Structural Fragility and Terrorism
The UN Monitoring Team discovered that the Taliban’s consolidation of power has failed to bring real security to the people. Rather, the stability is referred to as unbalanced and exclusionary.
The report cautions that the repression of human rights and the breakdown of economies are leaving a vacuum that is being filled by extremist groups. Cross-border attacks are a direct symptom of this climate, with militant groups of people being frequently given a free hand in this environment to thrive despite the international commitments to the contrary.
In addition, the document indicates that the TTP is being facilitated logistically and financially so that it can sustain a constant presence on the border. This assistance has enabled the group to use more advanced strategies, making both the civilians and the security staff more endangered.
The Path Toward Stability
The UN concludes that until a decisive effort is made to dismantle these terror networks, the regional security crisis of the region will continue to worsen. The report calls on the authorities in Kabul to do something concrete and verifiable in relation to the TTP leadership.
The issue of preventing cross-border attacks is not only a regional political issue, but a humanitarian requirement to save the lives of millions of individuals, who are now in the crossfire of this eternal struggle.
