Pahalgam and the exporter of terror
Reportedly, 1,600 civilians and security personnel were killed across Pakistan in 2024, and the trend is fiercely continuing in 2025. Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa dominate the terror landscape.
We cannot forget the February 2024, ISIS-claimed twin bombings in Pishin District and Killa Saifullah, killing 30 people. Or the August 2024 BLA attacks across Balochistan in a single day resulting in 73 killed. Or, the killing of 21 Jaffar Express hostages at the hands of the BLA militants in March this year.
Four days after the Pahalgam tragedy, a BLA attack led to the martyrdom of 10 Pakistan Army personnel in Quetta. Seven more soldiers laid down their lives this month in Kachhi, Balochistan.
During the 20 years of the Afghan war, Pakistan saw the worst wave of terrorism ever seen in the world. Fatalities peaked to 11,000 in 2009 alone, and only with a series of stalwart operation by the Pakistan Army was the state able to control and fence this scourge of terror and protect the people and the land.
Sadly, as soon as the Afghans allowed the Indians to return to their soil to complete some leftover projects, we see groups like TTP, BLA and ISKP suddenly getting reorganised, restarting a vicious cycle of violence in Balochistan and KP.
It's not that Pakistan has not been trying to tell the world that India and its malicious agency RAW are behind all this. The MoFA and the ISPR have continuously been providing evidence regarding Indian hand behind the BLA and TTP terrorism. For instance, the ISPR aired the conversation between a serving Indian major and the........
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