According to an annual Security Report issued by Fata Research Centre here, stated that a total of 264 violent incidents (127 terrorism and 137 counter-terrorism) incidents were recorded during the year 2018 compared to 325 (153 terrorism and 172 counter terrorism incidents in 2017. This shows a decrease of 17 percent in terrorism incidents while 20 percent in counter terrorism incidents in 2018 as compared to the previous year.
The report mentioned that a total 127 terrorist incidents in 2018, 63 terrorist attacks (50 percent) targeted the security forces while 58 attacks (45 percent) were directed against civilians. The violent incidents of both terrorist and counter-terrorist, resulted in a total of 366 casualties - 152 killed and 214 injured - in all the KP Tribal districts, marking a significant decrease of 70 percent in overall casualties.
The report further said that in terms of volatility, the North Waziristan tribal district, where repatriation of internally displaced person (IDPs) is going on after full-fledged military operation Zarb-e-Azb, remained the most turbulent one after 58 terrorism incidents were recorded in the district during the reporting year compared to 27 such incidents in the previous year.