Pak security establishment has been hyper focused on internal political threats and instability in KP, Balochistan has been largely ignored. [No surprise there]. What will be required is a three pronged option:
Compare this map I made tracking terrorism incidents and IBOs in 2017
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With what we had in 2024:
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Notice a pattern?
This is what I mapped in 2023:
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I also mapped the locations where all senior TTP leaders have met their end inside Afghanistan starting from 2019 to 2023:
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What is needed is a Fire and Brimstone... Kabul is unwilling to engage with Pakistan on controlling terrorism from their side of the border. Therefore it falls on Pakistan and her partners to carry out boots on the ground strikes inside Pakistan and "Over the Horizon Kinetic action" inside Afghanistan.
Thikar Province marked in blue on the above map is where the bulk of TTP leadership are hiding in Afghanistan.