Captured Karachi attacker says Jamaatul Ahrar trained in Afghanistan, entered via Jalalabad

• Security sources say arrested terrorist identifies himself as Usman Ali, names three accomplices

• Suspect claims Afghan-based commander Ahrar Moulvi directed group behind Rangers camp attack

• Investigators told attackers received training in Afghanistan, explosives prepared before assault

• Suspect claims group stayed in Karachi for seven days before launching VB-IED attack

 KARACHI/RAWALPINDI: Security sources on Sunday said the terrorist arrested after the foiled attack on the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) camp in Karachi identified himself as Usman Ali and disclosed that he had entered Pakistan from Jalalabad, Afghanistan, along with three other attackers.

According to the sources, Ali identified his accomplices as Abdul Hadi, Janaan and Umar Farooq, and admitted that they belonged to Jamaatul Ahrar. He also identified the group's commander in Afghanistan as Ahrar Moulvi.

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The sources said the arrested terrorist revealed that he and his companions had received training in Afghanistan.

According to his account, a man identified as Umar Qari, who also trained the group, provided him only with an explosive jacket in Afghanistan, while the terrorists themselves prepared the explosive material.

Regarding the attack, Ali told investigators that Janaan had hurled a bomb at the Rangers camp, the sources said.

The arrested terrorist further disclosed that he and his accomplices had arrived at the residence of Abdul Hadi, a resident of Bajaur, seven days before the attack and were accommodated in an under-construction building.

Security sources quoted Ali as saying that all logistical arrangements had been completed before the group reached Karachi.

"Abdul Hadi knew everything. He came here previously as well," the sources quoted him as telling investigators.

Ali further claimed that he and his companions had initially been unable to distinguish between the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan Rangers.

"We came to know about the Rangers after coming here," the sources quoted him as saying.

According to the sources, Ali also claimed that Abdul Hadi had procured the weapons used in the attack from Waziristan.

Speaking about the operation, the arrested terrorist said he was shot while attempting to flee, the sources added.

According to defense and security analysts, these confessions conclusively demonstrate that the interim Afghan Taliban regime continues to allow Afghan soil to be used as a safe haven for terrorists plotting attacks against Pakistan.

Islamabad has repeatedly urged the Taliban administration in Kabul to dismantle terrorist sanctuaries on Afghan soil that Pakistani officials say are being used to launch attacks inside Pakistan. Pakistani authorities have maintained that these appeals have so far gone unheeded.