a significant setback with the elimination of Hamza bin Laden, Usama bin Laden’s son and a rising AQ leader."
Harakat ul-Mujahideen, and Jemaah Islamiya. The [TTP] and the Haqqani Network also have ties to AQ."
(ISIS-K), elements of al-Qa’ida, including affiliate al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), and terrorist groups targeting Pakistan, such as [TTP], continued to use the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region as a safe haven."
operations against groups that conducted attacks within Pakistan, such as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), ISIS-K, and the Balochistan Liberation Army.
militant groups...The Pakistani government also played a constructive role in U.S.-Taliban talks in 2019."