Saturday, March 29, 2025
Kabul, October 30, 2025 — A chilling new video released by Afghanistan’s Taliban intelligence agency has exposed the alleged role of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in training and sending militants to Afghanistan. The video features the confession of an ISIS-K fighter who claims he was radicalized, trained, and then smuggled across the border under the guise of a refugee.
The captured militant, identified as Saeedullah, hails from Plerman village in Mohmand Agency, Pakistan. In the video, he narrates in detail how he was recruited and trained by terror handlers linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba before being dispatched to Afghanistan to join Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) operations.
According to his confession, Saeedullah said he received weapons and combat training in mountainous areas near Quetta, Balochistan, where an instructor named Osama provided ideological indoctrination. “They trained us in weapons, survival, and guerrilla warfare. Osama used to speak about jihad and the glory of martyrdom,” Saeedullah said.
After completing his training, he returned to Peshawar, but a few months later, a militant named Nusrat allegedly pressured him to join the ISIS front in Afghanistan. “When I refused, Nusrat arranged a fake Afghan identity card (Tazkira) for me and sent me across the border disguised as a refugee,” he confessed.
Saeedullah said he crossed the Torkham border and reached Jalalabad, where masked men received him, calling him “our brother from Pakistan.” He revealed that he worked alongside around 20 foreign fighters inside Afghanistan before being captured by Taliban forces.
In the latter part of the video, Saeedullah appears remorseful, pledging loyalty to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and expressing regret for his involvement with ISIS-K.
The release of this confession comes amid rapidly deteriorating relations between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban, once considered close allies. Analysts say both sides have begun exposing each other’s covert networks, marking a new phase of mistrust between the two neighbors.
Experts warn that such revelations could further strain cross-border security and complicate regional counterterrorism efforts.
