The Pakistani Taliban, or Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, fights against the Pakistani government because it does not consider it sufficiently Islamic. Pakistan is an Islamic republic, but does not implement Sharia to the TTP’s satisfaction, and is not under the rule of an emir who will, at the first opportunity, make the country part of a larger caliphate. So the jihad goes on.
“Militants ambush police vehicles in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 10 officers,” Associated Press, November 11, 2026:
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants ambushed vehicles carrying police officers in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, triggering a gunbattle that killed at least 10 officers, officials said.
The attack took place in Kohat, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan, local police official Faisal Khan said.
He said two senior police officers were among the dead and an exchange of fire between security forces and the attackers was ongoing He provided no further details.
No group immediately claimed responsibility, but suspicion is likely to fall on the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, which has stepped up attacks on security forces in the region in recent months….
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