Pakistan saw 143 percent rise in civilian deaths from militant attacks in Jan. — report

KARACHI: Pakistan witnessed a 143 percent increase in civilian casualties in the month of January, compared to the previous month, an Islamabad-based think tank said on Monday, with the country’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces experiencing the highest number of incidents. The surge in attacks comes amid a resurgence of militant activity in Pakistan’s northwestern and southwestern regions bordering Afghanistan, where security forces have been confronting multiple groups such as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the separatist Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).

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