Pakistan, Oct. 19 -- Security forces in South Waziristan arrested an Afghan suicide bomber identified as Naimatullah, revealing what officials described as a disturbing link between the Afghan Taliban and "Fitna al-Khawarij." The arrest, made by the Frontier Corps, followed an intelligence-based operation targeting cross-border militant activity in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region. Authorities said the detained bomber's testimony provides crucial evidence of ongoing militant recruitment and training efforts in Afghanistan targeting Pakistan.

Naimatullah, son of Musa Jan from Kandahar province, is reportedly a student at a local seminary in Kandahar. In his recorded confession, he revealed that clerics at the seminary told him jihad against ...