Non-implementation of the National Action Plan agreed upon by all political parties is leading to a rise in terrorism, ISPR Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said at a press conference in Peshawar on the security situation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Friday.
The KP has been at the forefront of Pakistan’s anti-terrorism campaign for the last two decades, DG ISPR said. When the frequency of terrorist incidents increased again in 2021, security forces provided a “firm and effective” response, he said. More Khwarij have died in the recent past than in the last nine years combined, Lt. Gen. Chaudhry added.
Fitna al-Khwarij is a term the state coined to refer to terrorists affiliated with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) after the war with India in May this year.
In total in 2024, 14,534 operations were carried out throughout the territory of South Korea, he said. During these operations, 917 members of the security forces were killed and 516 civilians were killed.
The press conference, broadcast live on YouTube, began by paying tribute to the “brave and resilient people” of KP, recognizing their sacrifices alongside the armed forces in the fight against terrorism.
