According to the Annual Security Report compiled by the Center for Researchand Security Studies (CRSS), Pakistan reported 600 violence-relatedfatalities in 361 incidents during 2020, a 12% decline from 2019.
Last year, the former FATA region, which merged with KP in May 2018,witnessed the most fatalities, followed by Balochistan and KP.——————————
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Former FATA region recorded 191 violence-related deaths during 2020, a63.2% increase from 2019.
Meanwhile, Balochistan reported 138 deaths and KP recorded 122 deaths in2020 against the 226 and 148 of 2019 respectively.
Both Sindh and Punjab recorded a decline in violence-related fatalities in2020 as well. On the other hand, Islamabad and Gilgit Baltistan reported anincrease in fatalities last year. No death was reported in Azad JammuKashmir in 2020.——————————
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Of the 600 fatalities recorded last year, 228 were reported in 101 securityoperations and 372 were reported in 260 terrorist attacks. 86 terroristswere also apprehended during security operations in 2020.
In terms of fatalities by victims, 242 civilians, 200 militants, and 158security officials died last year.
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