Afghan nationals were also allegedly involved in the October 10 attack on the Dera Ismail Khan police training center.
Emergency workers respond to a terrorist attack in Bajaur. Photo: Reuters
ISLAMABAD:
Irrefutable evidence has emerged pointing to the use of Afghan soil to orchestrate terrorist activities in Pakistan, with security sources citing multiple incidents in which Afghan nationals allegedly participated in major attacks across the country.
The February 16 suicide attack on Malangi post in Bajaur, in which 11 security personnel and two civilians were martyred, was carried out by an Afghan national identified as Kharij Ahmad alias Qari Abdullah Abu Zar, a resident of Balkh province in Afghanistan, who had also served in the Taliban forces.
Sources said the involvement of Afghan nationals in these attacks reflects cross-border facilitation and sponsorship by militant elements. Investigations of recent incidents have repeatedly traced operational links, training and planning to Afghanistan.
On February 6, 2026, the suicide bomber who attacked in the Tarnol area of Islamabad had received militant training in Afghanistan. Similarly, the attackers behind the November 2025 assault on the Islamabad Judicial Complex and the November 24 attack on the FC headquarters in Peshawar also had connections across the border.
Afghan nationals were also allegedly involved in the October 10 attack on the Dera Ismail Khan Police Training Center and the November 10 assault on Wana Cadet College last year. On October 19, 2025, a suicide bomber arrested in South Waziristan, Naimatullah, son of Musa Khan, was identified as a resident of Kandahar province.
The March 4, 2025 attack on the Bannu Cantonment was planned in Afghanistan, with confirmation of the participation of Afghan nationals. The facilitators of the March 11, 2025 Jaffar Express attack were said to be in continuous contact with Kharij Noor Wali, who was hiding in Afghanistan.
