Politics Think tank: Pakistan experiences bloodiest month in years
According to conflict researchers, the number of attacks in Pakistan has risen to its highest level in over ten years.
03.04.2025, 13:23
SDA
The think tank Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) recorded a total of 105 attacks last March. This was the first time since November 2014 that there had been more than 100 of these violent incidents in one month.
At the same time, March saw the highest number of fatalities since August 2015, PICSS added. Among the 228 documented fatalities were 73 security forces, 67 civilians and 88 attackers. The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the north-west of the country and the south-western province of Baluchistan are particularly affected by the rising violence in the South Asian country.
Most of the attacks were claimed by the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) and the separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). In March, the BLA caused a worldwide sensation with an attack on a train in Baluchistan province, in the course of which around 450 passengers were taken hostage. 26 of them were killed.
The increasing violence has led to tensions with neighboring Afghanistan. Pakistan accuses the Taliban, who rule there, of providing the TTP with protection on its soil. The rulers in Kabul reject these accusations.
