According to the 2025 Global Terrorism Index report, Pakistan, with over 1,100 deaths due to terrorism, is identified as the most affected country worldwide. Dr. Shahzeb Khan, an international relations expert, criticized this situation, stating that these figures represent lives lost without any political consideration.<\/p>\n
In a note published in November 2026, citing a United Nations report, he announced that the Taliban administration continues to support the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and that the group has intensified its cross-border attacks. This has resulted in Afghanistan remaining a center of regional insecurity.<\/p>\n
Kabul has denied these accusations, but Shahzeb Khan insists that such denial must be demonstrated through concrete actions. The main question remains whether Afghan authorities are capable of preventing the use of their territory to carry out attacks against Pakistan. Moreover, he noted that the TTP functions as a bargaining chip for the Taliban administration to maintain its regional power.<\/p>\n
However, he warned that excessive pressure on the TTP might push the group closer to becoming a regional branch of ISIS. Although Afghanistan’s security forces have moved approximately two thousand TTP members from border areas and the Taliban supreme leader has threatened to punish the group\u2019s leaders if attacks continue, Khan considers these actions only temporary halts, emphasizing that TTP fighters remain armed and their funding has not been restricted.<\/p>\n
He also referred to unconfirmed reports about the transfer of military equipment and the alleged establishment of ammunition factories near civilian homes, which raises serious human rights concerns. The expert stressed Kabul\u2019s responsibility to prevent the use of civilians as human shields.<\/p>\n
Finally, Shahzeb Khan pointed to a UNAMA report that in attacks inside Afghanistan on October 1, ten civilians, including children, were killed. According to humanitarian law principles, all parties must avoid civilian collateral damage. He warned that protecting Pakistani citizens should not come at the cost of Afghan civilians\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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