ISLAMABAD: A captured suicide bomber has made shocking disclosures, exposing the nexus between the Afghan Taliban and the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist network, confirming that both groups have been recruiting and training young Afghan men for terrorist attacks inside Pakistan.
According to security sources, the Frontier Corps (FC) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South) conducted an intelligence-based operation in South Waziristan, arresting a suicide bomber identified as Nematullah, son of Musa Jan, a resident of Kandahar province in Afghanistan.
In a recorded confessional statement, shared by security sources, the arrested suicide bomber described in detail how he was recruited and trained by operatives linked to both the Afghan Taliban and the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, known in Pakistan as Fitna al-Khawarij.
Nematullah, in his confessional statement, said he was a student at the Johari Madrassa in Kandahar, where he was memorizing the Holy Quran, where some people persuaded him that waging jihad against the Pakistan Army was legitimate.
“Some people in the madrassa told me that jihad against the Pakistan Army is permissible,” the arrested suicide bomber said.
“We, 40 people, gathered in Khost and crossed into Pakistan through the Chiwar border point. We then reached a Taliban base (Markaz) in the Lalee Zay area of Burund, South Waziristan, where our commander, Umar Hamas, trained us in suicide attacks.”
He said the full training course lasted three months, but he received only a week of instruction before his arrest.
“The training for suicide attacks was three months, while I received one week of training. In the training, we were taught how to carry out a suicide attack on a vehicle,” suicide bomber Nematullah confessed.
“We were also trained on how to conduct vehicle-borne and checkpoint suicide attacks,” he added.
‘I realised the Pakistan Army is also Muslim’
During the training, Nematullah said he began questioning the legitimacy of the mission.
“During the training, I heard the call to prayer and realised the Pakistan Army is also Muslim. It is forbidden to attack them,” he confessed.
He added that the group undergoing training included around 20 young men aged between 18 and 22, most of them Afghan nationals.
افغان طالبان اور فتنہ الخوارج کا گٹھ جوڑ بے نقاب، گرفتار خودکش بمبار کے ہوش ربا انکشافات
افغان طالبان اور فتنہ الخوارج کم عمر افغان نوجوانوں کو دہشتگردی کے لئے استعمال کررہے ہیں
جنوبی وزیرستان میں فرنٹیئر کور خیبر پختونخواہ( ساؤتھ ) نے ایک بڑی کارروائی کرتے ہوئے خود کش بمبار کو… pic.twitter.com/0RIjgMTk4m
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Indoctrination and exploitation of Afghan youth
Security sources said the confession highlights how the Afghan Taliban and TTP terrorists have been exploiting religious institutions in Afghanistan to recruit young men for cross-border terrorism in Pakistan.
The arrested individual’s statement confirms a systematic effort by terrorist networks to indoctrinate Afghan youth through religious manipulation and deploy them against Pakistani forces, security sources said.
The revelations, sources said, are further evidence of the deep operational linkages between the Afghan Taliban regime and TTP terrorists, who have intensified attacks on Pakistani security forces since 2021.
Pakistan urges Kabul to act against terrorists
Islamabad has repeatedly urged the Taliban government in Kabul to prevent Afghan soil from being used by terrorist groups for attacks inside Pakistan.
The Pakistani government has accused the TTP of operating from sanctuaries in Afghanistan, a charge the Taliban administration denies.
Security sources said that the latest confession reinforces Islamabad’s position that terrorist networks operating from Afghanistan pose a direct threat to regional peace and stability.
