Although the number of terrorist incidents decreased slightly in January, there was a 139 percent increase in deaths, mainly in a suicide blast at a mosque in Peshawar that killed 101 people in January. In January, two suicide bombings were reported one in Peshawar and the other in Khyber Tribal District. At the same time, security forces foiled several attacks, arresting at least 52 suspected terrorists. Mainly from Punjab and killed 40 suspects, mostly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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Terrorist attacks increased in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Dawn News quoted the think-tank as saying that not only terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa increased from 17 to 27, but deaths due to it also increased from 17 to 116 in December 2022. At least 232 people were injured in the province, most of them police officers injured in the Peshawar blast. However, terrorist attacks decreased in Balochistan during January, where only nine terrorist attacks were recorded as compared to 17 attacks in December 2022. The deaths also decreased from 14 to 7 and the number of injured decreased from 48 to 20. Bolan, Panjgur, Kalat, Khujdar, Mustang and Quetta were the affected districts.

Four terrorist attacks in Punjab

Meanwhile, four terrorist attacks were reported in Punjab, in which three security force personnel were killed, while two low-profile attacks were reported in Sindh, in which one person died, Dawn news reported. The most high-profile attack was on January 31 at the Makarwal police station in Mianwali by ‘around two dozen TTP terrorists’. The attack was repulsed, but it mobilized armed militants across the KP and Punjab border. The report claimed that one attack each was reported in Rawalpindi, DG Khan and Khanewal.

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