Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) Cadre Held At Afghanistan-Pak Border, Reveals About His Training In Pakistan

A cadre of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror outfit was captured alive in Afghanistan. He was captured after an encounter by the Afghan security forces along the border with Pakistan. The cadre revealed that he was given arms training in Pakistan for four months and then sent to Afghanistan to carry out attacks. In the video shared by Afghan security forces, the unidentified cadre revealed that he crossed over to Mohmand Dara area in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar along with elements of the Taliban. He said, “I have infiltrated into Afghanistan for the first time. I was given training for four months and reached here 10 days ago.” It was a big operation wherein 10 JeM cadres, 5 Afghan Taliban and 4 Afghan Army personnel were killed. On the intervening night of April 13-14, a big group of JeM cadres was intercepted by the Afghan security forces while they were trying to cross over to Nangarhar province. Several JeM cadres were killed and large and a large consignment of arms and ammunition was recovered. The consignment included mortar launchers, RPGs and Russian sniper rifles. On many occasions, Kabul has blamed Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the ISI for camping terrorists within the Pakistan territory to target Afghanistan.