Wave of cleric killings deepens security concerns in Pakistan
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\nA series of targeted attacks against prominent religious clerics in Pakistan has raised fresh concerns over security and militant violence, particularly in regions bordering Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of 2025, several well-known clerics, including Mohammad Idris Tarangzai, Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani and Abdul Baqi Noorzai, have been killed in shootings and bomb attacks blamed on militants and unidentified gunmen.<\/p>\n
Many of the attacks occurred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, where armed groups including Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) remain active.<\/p>\n
ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the recent killing of Mohammad Idris Tarangzai in Charsadda, where gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on his vehicle.<\/p>\n
Pakistani officials, including President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, condemned the attacks and ordered investigations into the killings.<\/p>\n
Pakistan has witnessed a rise in militant violence in recent years, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, where attacks against security forces, religious figures and civilians have increased.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Wave of cleric killings deepens security concerns in Pakistan ——————————- A series of targeted attacks against prominent religious clerics in Pakistan has raised fresh concerns over security and militant violence, particularly in regions bordering Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. Since the beginning of 2025, several well-known clerics, including Mohammad Idris Tarangzai, Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani and Abdul Baqi …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"\n