IslamabadMilitant attacks killed 111 in October, a think tank says.

The Islamabad-based Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies counted 143 attacks, down 37% from September’s 226.

Balochistan attacks fell 46% to 71 and mainland Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s 31% to 40, but the former tribal areas fell only 12%.

Kidnappings rose 22% to 88, 70 of them in Balochistan, the institute said.

The institute counts 1,376 attacks since January, 53% more than the same months of 2025.

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flags rising kidnappings in Balochistan as the one indicator that worsened despite the 37% drop in attacks

Sources: Dawn