ISLAMABAD: Frontier Corps arrested an Afghan national would-be suicide bomber in South Waziristan, security sources said Sunday, again highlighting the terrorism nexus between the Afghan Taliban and Fitna al-Khawarij — TTP and other related groups.
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The security sources said the arrest of Niamatullah — son of Musa Jan and a resident of Kandahar — again showed how the Taliban regime in Afghanistan was recruiting youngsters for carrying out terrorism acts.
And he made startling revelations about how joined the terrorists, they said, showing how the Afghan Taliban manipulate the minds youth to incite them for attacking the armed forces of Pakistan.
EYEING TO AN HAFIZ JUST, ENDING UP TO GET TRAINED FOR SUICIDE BOMBING
Niamatullah is a student at Johria Madrassa — a seminary in Kandahar, the spiritual centre of the Afghan Taliban regime located in southern Afghanistan — while learning the Holy Quran by heart to attain the status of Hafiz.
He says the people in madrassa told them that jihad was justified against Pakistan, showing the real intentions of the Taliban regime. Later, a group of 40 assembled in Khost and crossed the border into Pakistan via Zhawar — a border area in Khost.
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Later, Niamatullah along with others reached the Lalazai area of South Waziristan where a Taliban centre was located — facility where the Taliban commander gave training to the would-be suicide bombers.
According to the arrested Afghan would-be suicide bomber, the training covered different aspects separately like how to attack a vehicle and how to target a check post or military.
Niamatullah says he completed the three-month training in just a week. The group comprised 20 youth with their age ranging between 18 to 22, he added.
But why the change of heart?
Niamatullah says he heard azan — the call for prayers — during training which made him realise that Pakistan’s military is also Muslim and target them with suicide bombing is haram.