Pakistan Claims More Than 20,000 Militants Are Based in Afghanistan

DID Press: Pakistan’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar, has claimed that more than 20,000 members of armed groups are present in Afghanistan, including approximately 6,000 members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Tarar said the groups were based in Afghanistan and receiving training there. The claims have not been independently verified in the information provided.

He also said Pakistani security forces would continue counterterrorism operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province with full force.

Tarar stressed that Pakistan’s federal government remained determined to combat extremism and address security threats within the country and across the region.