- Also known as
- Pakistani Taliban, Taliban Movement of Pakistan
- Leaders
- Baitullah Mehsud † , (2007–2009) Hakimullah Mehsud † , (2009–2013) Mullah Fazlullah † , (2013–2018) Noor Wali Mehsud , (2018–present)
- Dates of operation
- December 2007 – present
- Allegiance
- Afghanistan (self-declared, publicly rejected by IEA)
- Group
- Total groups: 60 Jamaat-ul-Ahrar TNSM Lashkar-e-Islam Tariq Gidar Group Harakat-e-Inqilab-e-Islami Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group Jaish-e-Fursan-e-Muhammad Naeem Bukhari group
- Motives
- Islamic fundamentalism , Pashtunwali , Deobandi jihadism , Sectarianism , Separatism
- Headquarters
- Eastern Afghanistan
- Active regions
- Northwest Pakistan ( Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ) Northern Balochistan Eastern/South eastern Afghanistan Southern Sindh ( Karachi ) Northern Punjab
- Ideology
- Deobandi jihadism , Islamic fundamentalism , Pashtunwali , Sectarianism , Separatism
- Notable attacks
- 2008 Barcelona terror plot , 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt , 2010 Sikh beheadings , kidnapping of Swiss tourists in Balochistan , 2014 Peshawar school massacre , attack on Malala Yousafzai , 2016 Lahore suicide bombing , Lahore church bombings , Dasu bus attack