Having previously been in fourth place, Pakistan is now second in the 2025 Global Terrorism Index (GTI). The increase of incidents connected to terrorism, running assaults and deaths included, has brought about this distressing turning point.
Terrorism-related deaths and incidents have soared bells
From 2023 to 2024, Pakistan saw a 45% increase in terrorism-related fatalities, rising from 748 to 1,081. Attacks nearly tripled in number, going from 517 to 1,099. Since the inception of the GTI, Pakistan has for the first time registered over 1,000 occurrences of terrorism in one year.
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TTP arises the fastest expanding terrorist organisation
With connections to Afghanistan, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has become the fastest-growing terrorist group in the region. The group caused over half of all terrorism-related fatalities in 2024, 482 attacks killed 585 people—an astonishing 91% increase from the previous year.
The report emphasized that “since the [Afghan] Taliban’s reemergence in power in Afghanistan in 2021, TTP has taken advantage of greater operational latitude and access to safe havens along the border.” This has enabled the group to perform attacks more easily.
Reginal top spots: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan
Both bordering Afghanistan, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have stayed the most militancy impacted states. Pakistan’s 2024 terrorist events and deaths were more than 96 percent present in these areas.
The number of Baloch rebel assaults in 2024 jumped from 116 in 2023 to 504, and the death toll climbed more than fourfold to 388. Claiming that such developments use local resources without benefiting the area, these organizations often target government infrastructure, foreign investments, and Chinese-led projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
At least 25 people, including personnel and civilians, were killed in a 2024 Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) suicide bombing at Quetta railway station, one of their most lethal assaults.
Originally created to challenge the Taliban, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISK) has meanwhile expanded its activities beyond Afghanistan and carried out deadly assaults in Pakistan, Iran, Russia, and Central Asia.
AI’s increasing importance in terrorism
Furthermore noting the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) by terrorist groups, the GTI 2025 report notes this. Groups such ISK are using AI to increase their content output and produce sophisticated propaganda, including news broadcasts created by artificial intelligence.
Encrypted messaging apps like Rocket and Telegram let extremists communicate securely, whereas the black market stays a center for illegal behavior and radicalization campaigns.
How do non-U.S. nations fare in global rankings?
Where 163 countries are concerned, Burkina Faso topped the list as the most terrorist-affected country followed by Pakistan. India stayed ranked 14th.
In 2024, terrorism-related fatalities worldwide dropped by 13 percent to 7,555. Still, the number of countries having at least one terrorist event went from 58 to 66. With over half of global terrorism-related fatalities, five of the ten most affected nations belong, the Sahel region covers.
Niger and Pakistan experienced the worst increases in terrorist-related death, 94 percent and 45 percent correspondingly.
