Pakistan, June 23 -- State Minister for Interior Tallal Chaudhry said on Monday more than 1,020 law enforcement personnel had been killed in militant violence this year, describing 2025 as the "peak" of militancy in the country.

Pakistan has witnessed a sharp rise in militant attacks in recent years, particularly in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and southwestern Balochistan provinces bordering Afghanistan. The violence has largely been driven by the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and separatist groups such as the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).

Islamabad has repeatedly accused Afghanistan of allowing militant groups to use its territory to plan attacks against Pakistan, an allegation Kabul de...