{"id":7724,"date":"2026-10-25T05:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T05:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=7724"},"modified":"2026-10-25T05:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T05:34:03","slug":"terrorist-attacks-in-pakistan-drop-66-in-five-weeks-picss-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=7724","title":{"rendered":"Terrorist Attacks in Pakistan Drop 66% in Five Weeks, PICSS Report Says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ISLAMABAD<\/strong>: Terrorist attacks in Pakistan\u2019s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces have declined significantly following security operations, according to a new report by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report stated that terrorist attacks fell by approximately 66% over five weeks, dropping from 61 incidents recorded between September 18 and 24 to 21 between October 16 and 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Militant attacks across Pakistan also decreased by 38% compared with the previous week, the report said. The number of people injured in terrorist attacks during the October 16\u201322 period fell from fewer than 20 in the preceding week to 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to PICSS, security forces killed 33 militants during 10 operations conducted during the reporting period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also examined the impact of leadership disputes within Fitna al-Hindustan and changes in the propaganda strategies of Fitna al-Khawarij on the militant landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The findings indicate a substantial decline in reported militant activity during the period under review, although the report\u2019s figures relate specifically to the incidents and timeframe covered by the assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Terrorist attacks in Pakistan\u2019s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces have declined significantly following security operations, according to a new report by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[841,201,2668],"class_list":["post-7724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-fitna-al-hindustan","tag-ispr","tag-operation-azm-e-istehkam"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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