Summary: Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan (IMP) carried out 83 attacks in July 2025, nearly doubling its operations since April. A new report highlights the group’s first claimed attack in Peshawar and its growing use of quadcopter drones.

The TTP’s announcement of the merger of a militant group from Charsadda district has once again brought internal rifts within the organization into media.

Al-Mersad, a media outlet supportive of the Taliban, has published a collection of essays aimed at countering propaganda from the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) and responding to narrative confrontations with media outlets aligned with the Pakistani state.

This article analyzes the Taliban interim government’s request for Russian military support, highlighting the evolution of Taliban-Russia relations and the formation of a strategic partnership shaped by shared regional security concerns.

The Ittihad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan (IMP) confirmed its first joint attack with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on 8 July 2025 in Orakzai District. Though IMP has conducted over 200 attacks since its formation on 12 April 2025, this is its first publicly acknowledged operation with TTP.

The unusually high frequency of TTP attacks in Chitral during June 2025 signifies the potential large-scale establishment of the group’s operational network within the district.