Islamabad – By the end of 2025, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had published its Annual Comprehensive Operational Report, boasting of an unprecedented increase in violence throughout the country.
But these figures, according to security analysts and official data provided by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan, must be considered a calculated propaganda campaign in the middle of a growing regional security crisis.
The TTP Claims: A Statistical Narrative
In the TTP annual report dated 1446-1447 AH, it boasts of having carried out 3,573 operations that led to 7,299 casualties (3,481 killed and 3,818 wounded) among the security forces of Pakistan.
The group identifies North Waziristan and Wilayah South Waziristan as their main battlefields, accounting for over 1,400 of their alleged attacks.
The narrative of TTP has focused on high-tech warfare boasting 1,280 sniper and laser-guided attacks.
By detailing the destruction of drones, CCTV cameras, and internet systems, the group attempts to project an image of an organized insurgent force capable of systematic disruption.
Yet, these numbers face immediate scepticism when placed alongside the verifiable data of the state’s counter-offensive against this regional security crisis.
The State’s Response: Pakistan’s Massive Counter-Terror Drive
Official statistics released by DG ISPR, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, however, create a picture of a proactive and aggressive state response, contrary to the story of the TTP narrative of unchecked expansion.
In 2025, the Pakistani security agencies conducted a huge 67023 intelligence-based operations (IBOs).
This rate of activity, averaging almost 184 operations a day, underscores the level of security crisis in the region. This operation led to the killing of 1873 terrorists.
While the ISPR acknowledged a surge of 4729 terrorist incidents, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) bearing the brunt with 3357 incidents, the state’s footprint remains dominant.
Notably, the greatest number of operations took place in Balochistan, where 53,000 IBOs had been carried out since January 2025, indicating a dedicated campaign to disrupt the logistics of terrorist activities.
The Regional Lens: The Afghan Safe Haven Factor
The absence of effective governance across the border in Afghanistan is a critical element of this regional security crisis. Although the Islamabad administration has been making repeated diplomatic overtures, the Afghan interim government has had a hard time and or been reluctant to ensure that the TTP leadership does not use its soil to launch its fired rockets.
The public security debate in Pakistan has increasingly shifted toward this external dimension. Analysts argue that as long as safe havens persist in Afghanistan, the TTP will continue to issue inflated reports to maintain morale and solicit funding.
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Scrutiny and Governance
The discrepancy between TTP claims (3,481 killed) and the reality of documented state funerals and official casualty lists suggests a significant inflationary bias in the insurgent report.
Although the TTP boasts of having taken 196 personnel, the large IBO figure of the state indicates that it is the militants who are being forced into tighter and tighter corners of retaliation.
Finally, the resolution of this regional security crisis needs to take the dual-track process of ongoing kinetic presence via the 67,000+ IBOs and a stronger regional diplomatic effort to fill the vacuum of governance in Afghanistan.
