Is Gilgit Baltistan safe?
You’re strongly advised to obtain and follow local security advice and make appropriate personal security arrangements in advance of any visit. There are also occasional outbursts of sectarian violence in and around Gilgit.
Is Azad Kashmir safe?
Azad Kashmir is quite a safe and peaceful region. Crime-wise also Azad Kashmir is considered to be relatively safe. Sometimes, temperatures go below freezing, especially in the winter; dress accordingly.
What caused the TTP to regroup in Afghanistan?
But disillusionment with the ISKP’s focus on fighting the Afghan Taliban instead of focusing on Pakistan, and the leadership of Noor Wali Mehsud after Mulla Fazlullah’s death, enabled the TTP to regroup and gain back its eight or so splintered factions. This began in the summer of 2018.
Did TTP carry out over 100 cross-border attacks this year?
A United Nations terrorism monitoring report from February 2021 stated that there had been a “sharp increase in attacks in the region,” with one member state reporting “TTP was responsible for more than 100 cross-border attacks between July and October 2020.” The bus attack may well have been over the hundredth attack this year at this rate.
Is TTP resurgent?
Only weeks ago, the powers that be had attempted to present the huge Johar Town, Lahore blast in front of Hafiz Saeed’s house also as a “gas leak”. It is clear, then, from the stunning number of attacks reported by the CTC (invisible to the public) and the pattern of attempting to cover up security failures, that the TTP is resurgent.
Is the US partnering with Pakistan in the war on Terror?
Earlier, Pakistan was partnering with the US in the war on terror and the US helped target TTP commanders with drone or air strikes. Literally every TTP commander ever killed was in a US drone strike, be it Khan Said Sajna, Qari Abdullah Dawar, Umar Rehman Fateh, Maqbool Dawar, Mullah Fazlullah, Baitullah Mehsud, or scores of others.