Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attacks will likely intensify over the coming months as Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban remain deadlocked on how to deal with the militant group, portending greater instability along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and northwest Pakistan, as well as a looming threat of urban attacks nationwide. The Afghanistan-based militant group Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, also known as the Pakistani Taliban or the TTP, on Jan. 5 threatened attacks on military-linked businesses and financial institutions primarily based in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi as well as civilians associated with these entities, giving individuals three months to dissociate from them. Among the entities the TTP explicitly threatened are state-owned logistics company National Logistics Corp.; military engineering group Frontier Works Organization; and Fauji Fertilizer Co. and Askari Bank, subsidiaries of the Fauji Foundation, which provides employment opportunities for former servicemembers. The statement appears to threaten an expansion of the TTP's official rules of engagement, which...
