Peshawar, Jan 1 (NVI) The outgoing year 2025 was extremely bad for the Pakistan’s military, police and intelligence agencies as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) eliminated 3,481 personnel, injured 3,818 and captured 196 during this period in various parts of the country.
These casualties, totaling 7,299, were caused by TTP in 3,573 operations spanning Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Punjab Province, Sindh Province and Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan, according to a statement issued by the Islamist outfit detailing its activities over the year 2025.
The maximum 556 operations were carried out in the month of August, according to the statement issued by TTP spokesman Mohammad Khorasani.
The first month of January saw 119 operations by TTP against the Pakistani military and police, while 147 were carried out in February, 260 in March, 216 in April, 327 in May, 307 in June, 360 in July, 359 in September, 349 in October, 302 in November and 271 in October, the statement said.
The worst hit were the Pakistan Army and the Special Services Group (SSG) as 3,867 of their personnel were killed during the year.
The TTP also eliminated 1,899 personnel of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC), 1,405 of
Police and Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and 201 of Intelligence Agencies and so-called ‘Peace Committees’ (which are offshoots of the intelligence agencies).
Most of the operations were carried out in Pashtun-dominated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the maximum of 819 operations were carried out in South Waziristan, 588 in North Waziristan, 381 in Khyber district, 293 in Bajaur, 244 in Chitral, 242 in Tank, 199 in Bannu, 198 in Dera Ismail Khan, 117 in Lakki Marwat and 105 in Kurram.
The TTP also carried out 56 operations in Mohmand, 54 in Lower Dir, 53 in Peshawar, 38 in Orakzai, 18 in Karak, 13 in Upper Dir, 12 each in Swat and Pishin, 10 each in Swabi and Kohat, 9 in Mardan, 8 in Malakand, 7 in Shangla, 3 in Buner and 1 in Hazarah.
In Punjab Province, TTP carried out 36 operations in South Punjab, and 1 each in North Punjab and Naushehro Feroze districts, the spokesman said.
In Sindh Province, 10 operations were carried out in Karachi.
In Balochistan, 14 operations were carried out in Makran, 5 in Quetta, 4 in Zhob, 3 each in Qila Saifullah and Kalat.
At least 6 operations were carried out in Gilgit-Baltistan.
The types of TTP operations included 1,280 Sniper and Laser Attacks, 950 Guerrilla attacks, 336
Ambushes, 301 Hand Grenade Attacks and Explosions, 260 Retaliatory Operations, 212 assaults, 174 Targeted Operations, 100 mortars attack and 5 suicide attacks.
These operations resulted in destruction and damage to 457 military and police vehicles and Tanks, 83 military buildings, 607 drones and military CCTV cameras, 2 weapon depots, 14 weapons of various types, 92 water and electricity Infrastructure, 29 Internet and Dish Systems and 3 food storage facilities.
TTP also seized military equipment of various kinds, which included 204 rifles of different types, 107 rocket and mortar shells, 6 mortars and rocket launchers, 6 LMGs/MGs/PK Machine Guns, 14 pistols, 25 vehicles, 12 Communication Devices and Mobile Phones, 10 drones, 9 Night Lasers and Binoculars, 7 Motorcycles and large quantities of ammunition, hand grenades, magazines. (NVI)
