SECURITY operations in Tirah Valley and the former tribal districts have increasingly become targets of narrative manipulation, particularly by PTM-aligned platforms and their overseas amplifiers. Rather than offering contextual analysis, these narratives rely on emotional framing, selective facts and recycled visuals to depict lawful counterterrorism measures as repression. This misrepresentation diverts attention from the real threat: organized, cross-border terrorism.

One frequently repeated claim is that curfews and movement restrictions amount to collective punishment or forced displacement. In reality, such measures are standard tools used worldwide to isolate armed groups, disrupt their logistics and protect civilians from active conflict zones. These controls are temporary and security-driven. Portraying them as arbitrary evictions deliberately distorts their preventive purpose, ignoring their role in saving........

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