ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security sources said on Sunday that initial interrogation of an injured suspect arrested after the deadly attack on a Pakistan Rangers camp in Karachi had revealed alleged links between the attackers and support networks operating from Afghanistan.
The development follows Friday's attack on a Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) camp in Karachi, in which three Rangers personnel were martyred and four others injured after terrorists attempted to storm the facility.
According to security sources, the injured suspect told investigators he had travelled from Jalalabad, Afghanistan, and was part of a four-member team that carried out the attack.
“Evidence of the Afghan Taliban regime's support to the terrorist organisation Jamaat-ul-Ahrar involved in the cowardly attack on the Pakistan Rangers camp has been revealed,” the security sources said.
According to the interrogation account released by the sources, the suspect identified himself as Usman Ali and said he had entered Pakistan from Jalalabad along with three other attackers.
“My name is Usman Ali and I have come from Jalalabad, Afghanistan. I was accompanied by three other companions named Abdul Hadi, Janan and Umar Farooq,” the suspect was quoted as saying.
He further alleged that one of the attackers, Janan, threw the explosive device at the Rangers camp before the group attempted to breach its perimeter.
According to the statement, the suspect also claimed the group had received training in Afghanistan before travelling to Pakistan.
“We were all trained in Afghanistan... We prepared the suicide bomber jackets ourselves,” the suspect allegedly told investigators.
“The suicide bomber jacket and other training was imparted to us in Afghanistan by Qari Umar. Before coming to Karachi, all arrangements for us were managed and completed from Afghanistan,” he was quoted as saying.
The claims made by the suspect have been released by security sources and have not been independently verified.
Earlier, the military's media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said terrorists belonging to what it described as the Indian proxy Jamaat-ul-Ahrar attacked the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) camp on June 27 after detonating an explosive device at the main entrance.
ISPR said Rangers personnel thwarted the assault by killing three attackers and capturing one injured suspect, whom it identified as an Afghan national.
“Three brave sons of soil rendered the ultimate sacrifice and embraced Shahadat in the line of duty,” the military said, adding that four Rangers personnel were also injured during the exchange of fire.
Pakistan officially refers to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as Fitna al-Khawarij, drawing on a historical term associated with violent extremism. Officials say the designation reflects the group's attacks on civilians and state institutions.
The attack comes as Pakistan continues to intensify counterterrorism operations under Azm-e-Istehkam and its cross-border campaign, Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, with officials repeatedly accusing Afghanistan-based terrorist networks of facilitating attacks inside Pakistan.
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said in a post on X that the Karachi attack reflected “continued support” for terrorist organisations operating against Pakistan and reaffirmed that the country's counterterrorism operations would continue until terrorist infrastructure was dismantled.
ISPR said sanitisation operations were continuing in and around the area to eliminate any remaining terrorists, adding that Pakistan's counterterrorism campaign would continue “at full pace” against what it described as foreign-sponsored terrorism.
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