The 'facilitators behind Bacha Khan University attack' were revealed before reporters on Saturday, following a press conference held by Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant-General Asim Bajwa .
The director general of the military's media wing addressed a press conference giving details of the January 20 brutal attack on the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda which had claimed at least 21 lives.
The press conference began with a recorded telephone conversation between the 'terrorists and a reporter' with the militants claiming responsibility for the attack. The reporter was receiving the call from a Pakistani phone while the call came from an Afghan phone and an Afghan sim, according to the DG ISPR who added that, "This attack involved four terrorists, all of whom were killed, and four accomplices."
Lt-Gen Asim Bajwa also presented a map of Mardan and Charsadda showing the movement of the attackers.
He said that the terrorists completed their preparations near Torham checkpost area in Afghanistan and they crossed the border using public transport into Mardan, looking like "common people".
"After entering Mardan, these terrorists were received by Adil and Riaz," the DG ISPR said while showing the location of the 'two men's houses/hideouts on the Mardan-Charsadda road, where they the terrorists were kept'.
"Adil is a labourer. A few days ago he was doing some masonry work in the university, and made a map of the university so he could explain to the rest for the attack. And Adil is the one who helped the attackers figure out their way into the university."
These facilitators helped the terrorists embark a rickshaw and travel to nearby Imbrahimzai University, where they dismounted, from here they traveled to Bacha Khan University, the director general of the military's media wing said.
The DG ISPR said that progress has also been made in identifying the finance trail which he said will be share once the investigation is complete.
"We have come to the conclusion that terrorism cannot be fought while there are accomplices and facilitators," Lt Gen Bajwa adding that, "terrorism is a problem being faced by the whole world, but all societies play their own role."
He also requested society to be aware of our surroundings. "All institutions must play their part, all societies must play their part."
The January 20 attack was claimed by mastermind of the APS Peshawar attack, Umar Mansoor, of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Geedar group.
A spokesperson from the TTP, Mohammad Khorasani, on the other hand had issued a conflicting statement shortly after Mansoor's claim, in which Khorasani condemned the attack, terming it "against Shariah".
Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif later telephoned Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and shared with him investigation details of of the BKU attack and also asked him to help in tracing the attackers.
General Raheel also shared the details of the attack with Afghan chief executive Abdullah Abdullah and commander of Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces in Afghanistan Gen John Campbell.
Earlier today, Chief or Army Staff General Raheel Sharif chaired a 'special security meeting' at the Corps Headquarters, Peshawar, according to a statement issued by Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant-General Asim Bajwa.
The meeting reviewed operations in Khyber Pahkhtunkhwa and Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) as well as the `Intelligence Based Operations` (IBOs), Pak-Afghan border management and the progress into the attack on the Bacha Khan University.
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