From Chitral to Karachi: The Tehrik-i-Taliban’s Year-Long Geographic Expansion in 2025

For much of its existence, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been understood as a threat emanating from Pakistan’s Pashtun-dominated northwest — a regional insurgency with a bounded geographic logic. The events of 2025 challenge that framing. Across the past twelve months, the TTP has moved with apparent intention to reconstitute itself as a nationwide militant […]