Islamabad:
The Pakistani authorities have determined that a surprising 70 percent of the terrorists involved in recent attacks carried out by the Banned Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were national Afghan, a strong increase of 5–10 percent recorded in previous years, the sources told Monday’s expression.
The surprising revelation was carried out by the special representative of Pakistan about the Ambassador of Afghanistan, Muhammad Sadiq, in a recent meeting of closed doors of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Afghanistan held in Dushanbe, according to sources familiar with development.
The dissemination led the Iranian representative to share his perspective, revealing that his country also faced the similar problem. The Iranian representative, according to the sources, cited an attack against the port of Chabahar where 18 attackers, 16 were Afghan citizens.
The greatest participation of Afghan nationals in terrorist attacks has established alarms in Islamabad, where officials now see the growing Afghan footprint in cross -border terrorism as a new and dangerous tendency.
According to the sources, the increase in increase underlines the failure of the Taliban government or the lack of will to stop the use of Afghan land by the TTP against Pakistan. Officials fear that development can further force the already uncomfortable ties between Islamabad and Kabul.
Pakistan has long accused the Afghan Taliban of providing sanctuary to TTP leaders and combatants, who regrouped across the border after Pakistan military operations in the old tribal areas. While the Taliban have publicly denied giving the group a free hand, Islamabad insists that TTP Safe shelters in Afghanistan remain intact.
The tensions worsened in recent weeks after a series of mortal attacks in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, which Pakistan directly linked the militants operating from Afghanistan.
Diplomatic dissemination
In a sign of growing concern, Pakistan is now intensifying diplomatic commitment to regional stakeholders to set up pressure on the Taliban regime. The sources confirmed that Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s special envoy in Afghanistan, will soon travel to Tehran and Moscow to discuss the matter.
The scope reflects Islamabad’s strategy to seek a broader regional consensus to boost Taliban to act decisively against TTP. Both Iran and Russia, and Pakistan, remain cautious with the extremist groups that exploit the fragile security landscape of Afghanistan.
For Pakistan, the growing participation of Afghan citizens in TTP attacks is a worrying escalation that not only complicates border security, but also raises questions about Kabul’s commitments. The authorities believe that unless the Taliban takes tangible measures, the trend could become an important inflammation point in bilateral relations.
