Security Risk Monitoring and Threat Assessment: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

Military Operations November 2025

Daniele Garofalo Monitoring is registered with the Italian National ISSN Centre and the Centre for the Registration of Serial Publications (CIEPS) in Paris.

ISSN (International Standard Serial Number): 3103-3520

ORCID Code: 0009-0006-5289-2874

Objectives of the analysis: This report examines and analyses the military operations of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). It is possible to understand the current and future security risks through the attacks conducted, the targets, areas of operation, and the types of attacks conducted.

Date: November 2025

Methodology: monitoring of jihadist propaganda (videos, photos, statements, claims) and reports from sources in the field.

Sources: open sources, primary sources available on TTP channels and websites, official reports, and local sources in the field. The study utilises OSINT, SOCMINT and Digital HUMINT sources.

Verification: cross-checking, date cross-checking, and use of local and international sources.

Limitations: incomplete information (sometimes reports and claims by groups exaggerate numbers or do not claim activities that have actually been carried out), bias in sources, possibility of propaganda and disinformation.

Structure of the analysis: updates on recent military activity, analysis of the number of attacks, graphs and statistics, photos, areas, conclusions and assessments.

Organisations/groups: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

Allied/Affiliated: collaborations and links with the al-Qaeda leadership and the Afghan Taliban.

Areas/Country: Pakistan

Brief overview of the TTP

The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), formed in 2007 as a coalition of Pashtun militant groups, remains the main jihadist threat to the Pakistani state today. The organisation, led since 2018 by Noor Wali Mehsud, has consolidated its internal structure by reabsorbing several splinter factions and strengthening its strategic communication. Its ideology is rooted in Deobandi jihadism with strong historical ties to the Afghan Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The TTP operates mainly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, but maintains selective capabilities in urban areas. Of strategic importance are the Afghan rear areas, which provide strategic depth, training, and cross-border mobility. The group’s military campaign is now characterised by a combination of IEDs, ambushes, and complex attacks targeting police, paramilitary forces, and local administrative apparatus, with a more calibrated use of suicide operations than in the past. In the two years 2024–2025, the TTP is consistently ranked among the most lethal groups globally, with increased operational sophistication and organisational resilience.

TTP activities – November 2025