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Pakistan Tops Global Terrorism Index 2026 with 1,139 Deaths in 2025
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News18•27-09-2026, 11:04
Pakistan Tops Global Terrorism Index 2026 with 1,139 Deaths in 2025
- •Pakistan recorded 1,139 terrorism-related deaths in 2025, the highest since 2013, according to the Global Terrorism Index 2026.
- •The Institute for Economics and Peace published the Global Terrorism Index 2026.
- •A total of 1,045 terrorist incidents occurred in Pakistan during 2025.
- •The number of terrorism deaths in Pakistan increased by nearly six percent from the previous year.
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Pakistan ranked first in the Global Terrorism Index 2026 for the first time since the index's inception, displacing Burkina Faso.
Pakistan recorded 1,139 terrorism-related deaths and 1,045 terrorist incidents throughout 2025, which represents a nearly six percent increase from the previous year and the highest death toll since 2013.
The surge in violence was primarily driven by groups like the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), with Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa suffering the heaviest impacts.
