Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism

Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism

The TTP's Spring Operation 2025, code-named 'Al-Khandaq,' triggered security turbulence in Pakistan

The Jihadi Insurgent Groups launch a Holy War against the country’s Army

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Ajmal Sohail
Mar 22, 2025
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Exclusive: Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has named its 2025 spring offensive against the Pakistan Army as "Al-Khandaq" and carried out 48 attacks against the Pakistani military in one single day.

Meanwhile, based on the obtained confidential information, all militant organizations fighting against the Pakistan Army and security agencies in Pakistan—such as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Lashkar-e-Islam, Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group, Tehrik Jihad Pakistan, Harakat-e-Inqilab Islami Pakistan, and the Baloch militant organizations operating under the banner of the Baloch Liberation Army or fighting for the independence of Baluchistan—have declared their war against the Pakistan Army as jihad under a religious decree (fatwa). They have stated that anyone killed in this struggle will be considered a martyr.

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