Terrorist attacks rise by 60% since Taliban regain power, Pakistan warns

Pakistan claimed on Wednesday that terrorist attacks in the country have increased by 60% in the last two years since the Afghan Taliban reclaimed power in Aug. 2021.

Interim Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, speaking to reporters in the capital Islamabad, accused the interim Afghanistan administration of providing support to the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (TTP), which he claimed is using Afghan soil against Pakistan.

“During the last two years when Afghan Taliban returned to power, terrorist attacks have increased by 60% while suicide attacks increased by 500% in Pakistan,” Kakar said, warning that “use of Afghan soil against Pakistan would not be tolerated.”

He added that 2,267 Pakistanis lost their lives in these attacks.

The TTP is a conglomeration of several Pakistani militant groups that Islamabad claims are currently inside Afghanistan.