Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan responsible for over 100 cross-border attacks last year: UN report
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Last Updated: Feb 06, 2021, 12:03 AM IST
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The report said that according to Member State assessments, the TTP fighting strength range between 2,500 and 6,000.
The overall number of members of al-Qaeda and its affiliates in Afghanistan is currently estimated at between 200 and 500, spread across at least 11 Afghan provinces: Badakhshan, Ghazni, Helmand, Khost, Kunar, Kunduz, Logar, Nangarhar, Nuristan, Paktiya and Zabul.
United Nations: Terror group Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), responsible for more than 100 cross-border attacks within three months last year, oversaw a reunification of splinter groups that took place in Afghanistan and was moderated by al-Qaeda, a development that was expected to increase the threat to Afghanistan and the region, a UN report has said.
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