Summary Pakistan summoned the Afghan chargé d’affaires after the Karachi Rangers attack, citing Afghan nationals' involvement and raising concerns over cross-border terrorism.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Pakistan on Monday summoned the Afghan chargé d’affaires to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and lodged a strong protest over the recent terrorist attack on a Pakistan Rangers facility in Karachi, Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi confirmed.
The move follows Saturday night's assault on a Rangers headquarters in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar area, where three security personnel embraced martyrdom and four others sustained injuries.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces responded swiftly, killing three attackers and arresting another suspect alive.
ISPR stated that the attackers belonged to the Indian-backed militant outfit Jamaatul Ahrar (JuA). The military further identified the captured suspect as an Afghan national.
Responding to media queries, FO spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said Pakistan had conveyed its concerns directly to the Afghan envoy in Islamabad. He added that Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani, also delivered an identical demarche to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul.
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Andrabi said the diplomatic protest was based on evidence that Afghan nationals, including the militant captured during the Karachi operation, were involved in the attack. He maintained that the incident once again highlighted Pakistan’s concerns over the use of Afghan territory and nationals for carrying out terrorist activities inside the country.
Following the attack, security sources identified the arrested suspect as Usman Ali. During initial interrogation, he reportedly told investigators that he had entered Pakistan from Jalalabad about a week before the assault.
The suspect allegedly admitted to being a member of Jamaatul Ahrar and claimed the group's commander in Afghanistan was Ahrar Moulvi. According to security officials, he also disclosed that he and his accomplices had received training in Afghanistan.
