Taliban warns of ISIS-K training camps in Pakistan hosting Europeans

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen English
12 Oct 2025 21:33
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The Taliban says European nationals are being trained at ISIS-K camps in Pakistan's Mastung region, warning of a global threat.

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Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban government's chief spokesman, speaks during a press conference at the Government Media and Information Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP)

The spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid, announced that European passports were discovered in the Mastung area of Pakistan, where a camp affiliated with ISIS-K (Daesh – Khorasan Province) is located.

According to Mujahid, information gathered by Afghan authorities suggests that individuals holding European nationalities were transferred to these camps for training. He stated that they arrived via Karachi and Islamabad airports before being moved to Mastung for “training purposes.”

Mujahid issued a warning to the international community, stating that there is a planned threat against foreign countries being orchestrated from these camps. He emphasized that these foreign nationals are potentially being prepared for operations targeting countries abroad.

He also confirmed that the Taliban government possesses accurate intelligence regarding the presence of ISIS-K leader Shahab al-Muhajir and other senior figures of the group within Pakistani territory.

Deadly Afghanistan-Pakistan border clashes leave dozens killed

This revelation comes amid heightened tensions between Islamabad and Kabul. Deadly confrontations erupted late Saturday night along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, with both sides reporting dozens of casualties. Taliban officials said their forces launched attacks in response to air strikes carried out by the Pakistani army on Kabul days earlier.

While Islamabad has not officially claimed responsibility for those strikes, it has reiterated its right to target what it describes as militant threats originating from Afghan territory.

This latest violence marks a significant escalation in already tense relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan since the Taliban's return to power in 2021.

Mujahid stated that 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed and around 30 were wounded in the clashes, while nine Taliban fighters lost their lives.

In contrast, the Pakistani military reported the deaths of 23 soldiers and claimed that more than 200 Taliban and affiliated fighters were killed during the fighting. AFP noted it was unable to independently verify the figures.