Pakistan's simultaneous Islamist TTP and Baloch BLA insurgencies killed 3,400-plus in 2025, threatening nuclear-state stability and Chinese CPEC infrastructure across Balochistan.
June 28-29 strikes on Paktia, Paktika and Kunar killed a Taliban-claimed 36 civilians; Islamabad counts 29 militants; both sides summoned diplomats and the UN documented civilian deaths
BLA's 'Herof 2.0' hit nine Balochistan districts while the army battled the TTP in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; a May suicide truck bombing of a Quetta train killed 30+ as the internal insurgencies escalate