ISLAMABAD: The Fitna al Khawarij who carried out heinous attack on the Cadet College Wana in South Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were all identified as Afghan nationals.
According to security sources, the operation was orchestrated from Afghan soil, with orders coming directly from TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud.
Sources revealed that during the entire attack, the Khawarij followed live directives conveyed from handlers across the border.
Moreover, the mastermind behind the Wana college attack was Afghan-based TTP operative Zahid. TTP leadership directed the group to claim the attack under the name “Jaish al Hind” to divert direct blame from the Khawarij.
In footage recorded during the attack, the Khawarij were heard repeatedly saying “Jaish al Hind” while communicating in Urdu, sources revealed.
Sources disclosed that Afghan Taliban have been pressuring Fitna al Khawarij not to operate under their actual TTP name.
The Khawarij were armed with modern equipment, including American-manufactured weapons, all sourced from Afghanistan and their primary aim was to create instability and security concerns across Pakistan, an agenda aligned with Indian intelligence agency RAW, sources revealed.
Fearless Wana Cadet College students
It is pertinent to mention here that teachers and students of Cadet College Wana showed their courage and determination despite the recent attack by the Afghan Khawarij.
The cadets, while describing what they saw, said that the aim of the attack was to target their education, but they were not afraid and succeeded with the help of the Pakistan Army.
A cadet said that a suicide blast took place during a drill, but the college staff and the soldiers of the Pakistan Army came face to face with the Khawarij.
The cadets said that this attempt by the Khawarij would fail as always and they themselves were safe due to the timely action of the army.
The cadets further said that they saw two Khawarij on whom the soldiers of the Pakistan Army were firing and the army told them not to worry, “we have come”. The Khawarij were moving towards our building, but the army’s action blocked their path.
A cadet said that the Pakistan Army did not give the Khawarij a chance to fire and during the attack, the students kept shouting slogans of ‘Pakistan Army Zindabad’ and even picked up stones against the Khawarij.
The cadets said that the Khawarij thought that they would succeed by attacking, but they did not know that the Pakistan Army was present here.
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