Pakistan tops terror Index as global deaths fall, but the worst may be yet to come
The 2026 Global Terrorism Index, released Thursday, records sharpest drop in terrorism deaths in years, yet the geopolitical storm clouds gathering over South Asia, the Sahel, and the West suggest the reprieve could be short-livedThe geography of global terrorism has shifted again. In 2025, Pakistan replaced Burkina Faso as the country most affected by terrorism,…