Pakistan made “meager progress” in dismantling terrorist organizations and continued to face terrorist financing risks in 2021, according to a newly released report from the U.S. Bureau of Counterterrorism.
The report, released on Monday, revealed that Pakistan experienced numerous terrorist attacks in 2021, with members of religious minorities facing substantial threats from terrorist groups (pdf).
“The number of attacks and casualties was higher than in 2020,” the report states. “Separatist militant groups conducted terrorist attacks against varied targets in Balochistan and Sindh provinces.”
Pakistan’s major terrorist groups include Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), and Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K). They used various tactics to attack targets, including suicide bombings and targeted assassinations….