Leader (Emir) of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
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Believed alive after surviving October 2025 airstrike targeting him in Kabul; whereabouts uncertain
Pakistan and Afghanistan are in their most intense military confrontation since the Taliban took power in 2021. On March 17, 2026, Pakistan struck a 2,000-bed hospital in Kabul, killing approximately 400 people and injuring nearly 250 — the conflict's deadliest single incident, according to Afghan officials.
Updated May 29
Internationally designated terrorist; believed operating from Afghanistan
Pakistan had not seen a suicide bombing in its capital since 2016. That changed in November 2025, when an attacker killed 12 outside an Islamabad court. On February 6, 2026, a suicide bomber killed 31 at the Shia Khadija Tul Kubra mosque during Friday prayers, wounding 169 more — the deadliest since the 2008 Marriott Hotel bombing that killed 63.
Updated May 27
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