Addressing a news conference in Quetta, Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Hamza Shafqaat, CTD DIG Aitzaz Goraya and Special Assistant to the Home Department Babar Khan Yousafzai said that terrorists infiltrate from Afghanistan, carry out attacks in Pakistan and then escape back across the border.
They said security agencies are continuing operations against such networks and vowed to eliminate them. The officials said terrorist groups are increasingly using women and children as tools in their activities, calling the practice inhumane and contrary to local traditions.
During the briefing, authorities presented a video statement by a woman, Rahima Bibi, in connection with the Nokundi suicide attack.
In her confessional statement, Rahima Bibi, a resident of Faisal Colony in Dalbandin, said she married Manzoor Ahmed in April 2025. She maintained that two months after her marriage, her husband gave her a mobile phone, which she used. Later, he began using her phone as well, which raised suspicions, indicating deliberate misuse of personal identity to conceal operational contacts.
Rahima Bibi further claimed that on November 11, 2025, her husband brought an unidentified woman to their home, who was associated with the BLF, and introduced her as a temporary guest. The following day, he took the woman away in a vehicle and later told her that she had been handed over to relatives in Afghanistan.
According to Rahima Bibi, on November 30, her husband showed her a photograph of a woman identified as Zarina Rafiq, a suicide bomber who had previously stayed at their home, endorsing that residential houses were knowingly used as temporary shelters for individuals later involved in terrorist operations.
Raheema Bibi’s confessional statement established that Zarina Rafiq received training in Afghanistan and was later used in a suicide attack on a Frontier Corps camp in November 2025, reinforcing long-standing concerns about cross-border terrorist facilitation structures.
She added that on December 3, 2025, her husband fled to Afghanistan and later contacted her younger brother, asking him to send her there as well. However, on the night of December 8, she and her brother were arrested.
Rahima Bibi accused her husband of abandoning her and refusing to take responsibility for their unborn child. She further alleged that he had told others to kill her, saying “he did not care”.
During the presser, the officials urged the public to remain vigilant, report suspicious activity and avoid falling prey to extremist propaganda. They also advised parents to thoroughly verify backgrounds before arranging their children’s marriages to prevent such incidents.
They further noted that anti-state actors abroad are attempting to mislead youth through social media propaganda.
According to Counter Terrorism Department assessments, terrorist groups operating in Balochistan are increasingly exploiting women through psychological manipulation, coercion, and organised recruitment mechanisms, indicating a clear shift in terrorist operational tactics.
Emerging security assessments indicate that radicalisation of vulnerable youth and women is often carried out through ideological messaging and narrative influence, while recruitment, training, and operational deployment are executed by terrorist groups such as BLA and BLF after individuals have been psychologically conditioned.
Analysts have noted that certain activist platforms, including those linked to groups such as BYC, contribute to narrative environments that influence vulnerable individuals, creating ideological conditions that can be exploited by militant recruiters for terrorist activities.
Security assessments indicate that when terrorist -linked individuals are intercepted, arrested, or disengaged from operational pipelines, associated networks and activist elements attempt to portray such cases as “missing persons,” thereby shaping public perception and diverting attention from militant linkages.
Security findings highlight that emotional, social, and familial vulnerabilities are deliberately targeted to facilitate recruitment, concealment, and movement within organised militant systems.
The confirmed movement of individuals to Afghanistan for training reflects longstanding security concerns regarding the continued use of cross-border territories by BLA, BLF, and TTP terrorists for training, logistical support, and operational planning, which remains a critical enabler of terrorism in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
According to Senator Anwaarul Haq Kakar, terrorist organizations increasingly operate through a dual strategy that combines violent actions with coordinated narrative campaigns designed to create confusion, influence public opinion, and weaken societal resistance to terrorism.
Babar Yousafzai said hostile elements and facilitators attempt to exploit women and social vulnerabilities to support militant objectives and disrupt community cohesion.
According to DIG CTD in Quetta, terrorist networks are complex, organised, and international in nature, functioning through interconnected layers of recruiters, facilitators, trainers, and handlers.
Provincial representatives have emphasized that the exploitation of women for violent purposes contradicts long-standing Baloch cultural traditions, which uphold dignity, protection, and respect for women as foundational societal principles.
From a religious and ethical standpoint, the coercion or use of women in violent or unlawful activities is considered unacceptable and incompatible with established moral teachings.
According to the Balochistan Government and associated security institutions, operations against such networks are ongoing, with investigations conducted through intelligence gathering, forensic verification, and legal procedures to ensure accountability and prevent further exploitation.