DND Report: Academicians, politicians, and senior journalists are raising an important question: Why does PTI oppose military operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)? After the May 9, 2023 attacks on Pakistan’s military installations and monuments to national martyrs, the alleged links between PTI and the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) became a topic of debate. Security experts argue that when Pakistan’s military crushed TTP, PTI “bailed them out” by negotiating their resettlement from Afghanistan. While TTP relies on guns and violence, PTI employs political and diplomatic tools—such as letters to the IMF and UN—against Pakistan. The show’s participants observed that PTI opposes Operation Azm-e-Istehkam because it undermines both PTI’s political interests and TTP’s strategic goals.