ISLAMABAD: Fresh details released on Tuesday revealed identities of several Afghan nationals involved in cross-border terrorist attacks inside Pakistan as terrorist groups continue to use Afghan territory to plan and launch cross-border attacks into the country.
Since March 2025, Pakistani security forces have killed 140 Afghan terrorists during intelligence-based operations, according to official data released by Pakistani security sources.
Mulla Sadam alias Huzaifa, son of Abdul Baqi and a resident of Kunduz Province, Afghanistan, was among four TTP (Tehrik-i-Taliban) terrorists, including three Afghan nationals, killed during a security operation in Bajaur, Pakistan.
A condolence ceremony for Huzaifa was held on 24 October 2025 at Jamia Masjid Khama Kari in Kunduz, followed by another ceremony on 26 October 2025 at Masjid Attaqwa in Rennes, France.
One of the suicide bombers involved in the 10 November 2025 attack on Cadet College Wana in South Waziristan was identified as Janullah alias Zahid Ayyubi, son of Daulat Khan Taqi and a resident of Kochiano village, Mohmand Dara District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. A condolence ceremony for Janullah Ayyubi was held on 22 December 2025.
Meanwhile, a condolence ceremony for Usmanullah Kamran, an Afghan national involved in the Bannu Cantonment attack, was held on 19 July 2024 at his residence in Aorgora village, Jani Khel District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan. Prior to the ceremony, a poster displaying his image was placed at his residence.
During the funeral of Ayub Zakir in Guldara District, Kabul, on 27 January 2026, Molvi Sher Ali Hammad, an Afghan Taliban-linked scholar, called for war against Pakistan, led anti-Pakistan slogans, and described the governments of Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan as un-Islamic.
He also claimed that Ayub Zakir, a TTP-affiliated terrorist killed near the Pakistan–Afghanistan border in Kunar Province, had previously served as an official with the Afghan Taliban.
Maulana Abdullah Bajauri, a senior TTP terrorist from Banda Mamund Tehsil, Bajaur, died in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained in an explosion in 2022.
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After relocating to Afghanistan following Operation Zarb-e-Azb, he served with TTP Bajaur, briefly joined Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, and later rejoined the TTP. His funeral and burial took place in Kunar Province.
Another condolence ceremony for Nusratullah alias Atif, a terrorist killed during a security operation in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, was held on 10 June 2024 at a local mosque in Sadat Khailo Kaly, Seikai Dara, Chak District, Wardak Province, Afghanistan.
According to the security sources, the cumulative record reinforces Pakistan’s long-standing position that terrorist groups continue to exploit Afghan territory to facilitate, organise, and launch attacks inside Pakistan.
They said the data forms part of Pakistan’s evidence-based case for stronger action against cross-border terrorist networks and safe havens.
Pakistan Démarches Afghan Envoy Over Karachi Terror Attack
Pakistan on Monday summoned the Afghan chargé d’affaires to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and issued a strong Démarche over the recent terrorist attack on a Pakistan Rangers camp in Karachi.
According to the Foreign Office, the involvement of Afghan nationals in the assault substantiates Islamabad’s longstanding concerns over the use of Afghan territory for cross-border terrorism.
According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Afghan diplomat was called to the Foreign Office on Sunday night.
Pakistani authorities formally conveyed a strong demarche over the Afghan nationals’ involvement in the June 27 terrorist attack on the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) camp in Karachi.
Pakistan also instructed its Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani, to deliver a similar demarche to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul, the statement added.
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have remained strained in recent years over border security, militant violence and allegations of cross-border infiltration.
The latest diplomatic démarche reflects Pakistan’s decision to formally register its protest through official diplomatic channels following what it described as evidence linking Afghan nationals to the Karachi attack.
