Pakistan’s security forces killed 2,410 terrorists in 5,143 intelligence-based operations during the first nine months of 2026, the Interior Ministry informed the National Assembly. Another 806 militants were injured and 3,518 arrested in the same period.
As of 28 October 2026, the official position in Islamabad is that the large territorial infrastructure once used by militant groups to openly challenge the state has already been dismantled. The remaining task is to prevent any resurgence.
According to Hussain Javed Afroze, a political analyst and co-founder of the Political Science Forum of Pakistan, the current campaign is no longer structured around a single named operation.
Instead, Pakistan is constructing a continuous national counterinsurgency architecture that integrates military force, intelligence, policing, border management, financial disruption, legal measures, counter-extremism programmes and economic development.
The main theatres remain Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The primary threats continue to come from the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and other separatist organisations.
“The state’s desired end result is clear: No militant organization should be able to establish a parallel authority, control territory, maintain a sustainable operational network, or repeatedly threaten Pakistan through domestic or cross-border infrastructure.”
— Hussain Javed Afroze, political analyst and co-founder, Political Science Forum of Pakistan
Officials and analysts describe the approach as a shift from episodic military campaigns to a sustained, multi-layered system designed to deny militants the space, resources and legitimacy needed to regroup.
