Security Beefed Up In Pakistan After TTP's Threat To Attack Urban Centres: Sources

Last Updated:November 02, 2025, 23:51 IST

Pakistan boosts security after Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan threatens attacks on cities like Lahore. Pakistan vows strikes against Afghan Taliban over TTP cross-border assaults.

Any successful strike in Lahore or Islamabad will challenge the state’s legitimacy. An attack in the urban areas matters most as it will freeze commerce and scares investors. (AFP)

Security has been tightened in Pakistan after the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) threatened to attack urban centres, according to sources. As part of the security measures, additional checkpoints and drone surveillance points have been set up.

In October, a TTP spokesperson had issued public warnings via Telegram and Pashto media outlets and said retaliatory strikes will happen on major Pakistani cities including Lahore.

According to top TTP sources, the TTP is with the Pakistan government and want to tell the state authority that the country is out of control.

“TTP is upset due to refugee crises in Pakistan where lakhs of refugees have been deported and their settlements have been attacked by the Forces in Karachi and Lahore," they said.

Any successful strike in Lahore or Islamabad will challenge the state’s legitimacy, they said. An attack in the urban areas matters most as it will freeze commerce and scares investors.

“Pakistan is imposing war on Afghanistan and we will aim to finish Pakistan’s fragile economy," they added.

Earlier, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif declared that Islamabad will adopt a “confrontational approach" towards the Afghan Taliban regime, accusing Kabul of harbouring and supporting Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters.

Speaking in a hard-hitting statement carried by Pakistani media, Asif warned that Pakistan “will strike again and again" if attacks originating from Afghan soil continue.

“Pakistan will not tolerate infiltration anymore," Asif said, vowing to “go deep into Afghanistan to hunt TTP terrorists." He claimed that repeated intelligence inputs and confessions by captured attackers prove that Afghan soil is being used for terror attacks against Pakistan. “Even Qatari and Turkish mediators have admitted that Afghan soil is being used for terrorism," he asserted.

The remarks come amid growing tensions along the Durand Line, where Islamabad has faced a surge in cross-border assaults blamed on the TTP.

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