After 2001, the Pakistan military launched a series of military offensives against terrorist groups in the
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Many terrorists belonging to various terrorist groups were killed. However, some militants managed to flee to Afghanistan, where they continue to launch attacks on Pakistan military posts located near the border. In 2017, Afghanistan's Chief Executive
Abdullah Abdullah admitted that
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has a foothold in Afghanistan. In 2019, the
United States Department of Defense claimed that about 3,000 to 5,000 terrorists belonging to TTP are in
Afghanistan. According to a report by
Brown University's
Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, 23,372 Pakistani civilians and 8,832 Pakistani security personnel were killed in the
war on terrorism. Moreover, according to the
Government of Pakistan, the direct and indirect economic costs of terrorism from 2000 to 2010 total $68 billion. In 2018, Pakistani newspaper
Dawn News reported that the Pakistani economy suffered a total loss of $126.79 billion since 2001 due to the war on terror. Pakistani officials often blame India and Afghanistan for supporting terrorism in Pakistan, which India has denied. However, Afghanistan has admitted to providing support for terrorist groups such as the TTP. In 2013, the United States conducted a raid on an Afghan convoy that was taking
Latif Mehsud, a senior commander of the TTP, to
Kabul. Afghan president
Hamid Karzai's spokesperson, Aimal Faizi, told reporters that the
National Directorate of Security (NDS) was working with Latif. Latif was a conduit for funding to TTP. Some of the funding for TTP might have come from NDS. Former NDS head
Asadullah Khalid posted a video belonging to TTP on his Twitter account where he claimed that the
Badaber Camp attack was
tit for tat. However, the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan intensified after the Taliban, an ally of the TTP, regained power in Afghanistan since 2021. As of 2022, most terrorist activities in Pakistan have been concentrated in the provinces of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and
Balochistan. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa accounted for 64% of the reported casualties (633 fatalities in 2022), followed by 26% in Balochistan, 5.8% in Sindh and 2.8% in Punjab and 1.6% in
Azad Kashmir and
Gilgit Baltistan. On 4 January 2025 a mini rocket hit a police station in
I-9 sector. On 10 November 2025,
terrorists tried to attack a cadet college in Wana, but were killed by security forces without inflicting any major casualties and students and teachers being safely evacuated. == Bombing ==