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Abstract When Taliban were fighting against USSR, America, Pakistan and Western bloc along with many other countries of the world gave them moral and material support. They were given the name of Mujahideen and their struggle against USSR was considered as 'holy war'. They also developed a strong narrative that impressed not only Mujahideen but the outer world also. However, after the disintegration of USSR, they were left unattended; therefore, they also changed their direction and started their struggle against imperialism and non Muslim Europe and especially America. After the incident of 9/11 USA along with her allies launched a war against them labeling them as terrorists. However there is a point of view that they cannot be completely defeated with military force. Their ideology or narrative that has become very strong should also be encountered. Key Words: Terrorism, narrative, Pakistan, Afghanistan, al-Qaida

Abstract In international relations, the idea of human security is a specific approach to security that is relating to human rights and governance. Academically and politically, the recent shift of attention from security to human security is a matter of concern. In traditional practices of security, military intercessions are the prioritization that is unsuccessful in responding the most pressing threats to individual security adequately, all over the world. The traditional security threats have served to further individual security challenges. Internal displacement has become a fact of life in South Asia that is a hall mark of conflict ridden regions of the world. Minority conflicts, religious and ethnic rifts, state repression, demands for sovereignty, famines, floods, terrorism, lack of development projects and IDPs crisis, all have added to the challenge of already aggravated human security conditions in South Asia. Pakistan, since long, has been facing IDPs crisis that is a challenge to human security, a sphere of security and it has become difficult to fully cope the issue by the leadership of Pakistan. As the repatriation of internally displaced persons and reconstruction of their areas after 2009 military offensive of Swat has been completed in the near past, Pakistan military resolved to flush out all terrorist outfits and initiated the military operation 'Zarb-e-Azb' in 2014, in North Waziristan Agency. In the aftermath of present operation, Pakistan is faced with a large displacement crisis, with almost one million people. The paper examines the phenomenon of internal displacement as a non-traditional security issue that poses a serious threat to the regional security of south Asia in general and to the internal security of Pakistan in particular.Key Words: Non-traditional security, human security, IDPs, South Asia, Zarbe-Azb, Pakistan's Armed Forces.