Country Report on Terrorism 2024 - Chapter 4 - Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan

Aka:  Pakistani Taliban; Tehreek-e-Taliban; Tehrik-e-Taliban; Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan; TTP.

Description:  TTP was designated as an FTO on September 1, 2010.  Formed in 2007, TTP is a Pakistan- and Afghanistan-based terrorist organization that opposes Pakistani military efforts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the former tribal areas, and other areas of Pakistan.  TTP aims to push the Government of Pakistan out of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and establish Sharia by waging a terrorist campaign against the Pakistani military and state.

Activities:  In 2024, TTP conducted more than 300 attacks in Pakistan.  TTP claimed many attacks against Pakistani security forces, including a July bombing that killed eight soldiers, an October attack that killed 10 frontier police, and a December attack that killed 16 soldiers and injured eight.

Strength:  TTP was assessed to have as many as 6,500 fighters.

Location/Area of Operation:  Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Funding and External Aid:  TTP likely raises most of its funds through donations, kidnapping-for-ransom payments, extortion, natural resource extraction, and other criminal activity.

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