From 'Dhurandhar' to reality: Pakistan's rising terror crisis
India Today
Just last year alone, 1,139 people were killed in Pakistan in 1,045 terror incidents.
The box office success of "Dhurandhar" and its sequel, Aditya Dhar’s two-part magnum opus about an Indian spy’s exploits in Pakistani ganglands, has put the spotlight on terrorism in the country. The Global Terrorism Index 2026 report has ranked Pakistan as the most terrorism-affected country in the world for the first time, surpassing Burkina Faso.
The surge coincides with the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan in 2021, alongside increased attacks by groups such as the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). As a result, terrorism-related deaths in 2025 in Pakistan reached their highest level since 2013. Just last year alone, 1,139 people were killed across 1,045 incidents.
In South Asia, tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated into open conflict in February, when the former launched airstrikes on Kabul and Kandahar. The conflict risks triggering displacement, weakening border control, and creating fertile ground for groups like the TTP and Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) to expand.
The four deadliest terrorist groups globally in 2025 were Islamic State (IS), the Jamaat Nusrat Al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and the Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, also known as Al-Shabaab. Among them, the TTP was the only group to record an increase in deaths over the past year.
Pakistan alone recorded a 5.7 per cent increase in terrorism-related deaths and accounted for 20 per cent of global fatalities, placing it among the five countries responsible for 70 per cent of all terrorism deaths worldwide.
While overall terrorism-related incidents, deaths, and injuries declined globally in 2025, hostage-taking was the only indicator to worsen. This spike was largely driven by the hijacking of the Jaffar Express in Pakistan, where 442 people were taken hostage. Without this incident, global hostage numbers would have fallen by 30 per cent compared to 2024.
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