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Pakistan has recorded a significant drop in cross-border terrorist attacks and violence-linked fatalities after it closed down the border to Afghanistan on October 11.
Terrorist attacks went down by almost 17 per cent in December, preceded by 9pc decline in November. Terrorist violence-linked fatalities among civilians and security officials also fell in the last quarter of 2025, by nearly 4pc and 19pc each in November and December, shows data collected by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) as part of its annual security report 2025.
Read more: https://www.dawn.com/news/1964391/afghan-border-closure-brings-down-terrorist-violence-in-pakistan
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Afghan border closure brings down terrorist violence in Pakistan
CRSS report says terrorist attacks went down by almost 17pc in December, preceded by 9pc decline in November.www.dawn.com
A certain qom who wished to see Quetta and Peshawar fall to proxy forces as far back as May 2025 might well have been hoping for a different outcome.
Now for my gentle reminder -
Am still very uneasy over the fact that Talibs themselves, through stupidity, handed this victory to Pakistan.
Would we, if push came to shove, have ourselves taken this simple step of closing a border to a demonstrably hostile country?! Or are we so full of mir jafars that we would have found some excuse not to?
The concern remains that someone in 2026 will find a way to undo this small gain.
We simply cannot rely on enemies to make blunders all the time!
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