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Pakistan’s Cross‑Border Strikes on TTP Shelters Test Its Fragile Frontier With Afghanistan

Pakistan launched air and ground operations against Tehrik‑i‑Taliban Pakistan hideouts along the Afghan border, targeting what it describes as militant sanctuaries. The strikes deepen a long‑running security dilemma that leaves border communities exposed and puts new strain on Islamabad’s volatile relationship with Kabul’s Taliban government.

Pakistan is once again turning to force along its mountainous frontier with Afghanistan, underscoring how deeply the Tehrik‑i‑Taliban Pakistan insurgency has eroded the country’s sense of internal security. In recent days, Pakistani forces carried out a series of air and ground operations against TTP hideouts near the border, aiming at what officials describe as terrorist refuges on or just across the Afghan side of the divide. Details released so far sketch a familiar pattern: airstrikes reportedly hitting suspected TTP compounds in rugged areas, followed by ground sweeps intended to disrupt networks that have used the porous frontier to stage attacks inside Pakistan. Islamabad has long accused the TTP of benefiting…

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