Photo of captured Afghan terrorist 

By The South Asia Times

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security sources on Sunday said a wounded militant captured during the attack on a Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) camp in Karachi had confessed to receiving training in Afghanistan and identified himself as a member of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, an alleged Indian sponposed militant group in the region which Islamabad has long linked to cross-border attacks.

According to security sources, the captured suspect identified himself as Usman Ali and said he had traveled from Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan with three other militants - Abdul Hadi, Janan and Umar Farooq - to carry out the assault on the Rangers camp.

The suspect allegedly told investigators that Abdul Hadi, whom he described as a native of Pakistan's Bajaur district, had coordinated the group's movements after they arrived in Karachi about a week before the attack.

He claimed the group stayed in an under-construction building and that the weapons used in the assault had been brought from Pakistan's Waziristan region by Abdul Hadi.

According to the security sources, the suspect said one of the attackers, identified as Janan, threw an explosive device at the Rangers camp before the group attempted to storm the facility. Pakistani authorities have said three attackers were killed during the operation, while the fourth suspect was captured after being wounded while trying to flee.

The suspect also allegedly claimed that he and the other attackers belonged to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and had received militant training, including instruction in preparing suicide vests, in Afghanistan.

He identified an individual named Qari Umar as the trainer and claimed all logistical arrangements for the operation had been organized from Afghanistan before the group entered Pakistan.

Pakistani security officials said the interrogation supports Islamabad's longstanding assertion that militant groups targeting Pakistan operate from sanctuaries inside Afghanistan.

They alleged that the Afghan Taliban administration continues to provide space for groups such as Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a claim Kabul has consistently rejected.

Pakistan has repeatedly accused the Afghan Taliban of failing to curb the activities of the terrorist groups, including Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and other militant factions operating from Afghan territory.

The Taliban government denies the allegations and insists it does not allow Afghanistan to be used to threaten other countries.

The latest disclosures follow the June 27 attack on the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) camp in Karachi, in which three Rangers personnel were killed and four others wounded. Pakistan's military said security forces killed three attackers and captured one injured suspect during the operation.

Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have deteriorated sharply in recent months as Islamabad has intensified cross-border military operations against what it says are militant hideouts inside Afghanistan.

Since February 2026, Pakistan has carried out several airstrikes across the border, saying they targeted leaders and infrastructure of militant groups responsible for attacks inside Pakistan.