Report Cites Former CIA Officer on Pakistani Strikes Against Terrorists in Afghanistan

A report by The Policy Digest has cited former CIA targeting officer Sarah Adams as supporting accounts of Pakistani military strikes against militant facilities in Afghanistan, including sites in Paktika and Kunar provinces.

According to the supplied report, the operations targeted three key facilities and killed 19 militants associated with Fitna al-Khawarij, while more than 11 others were injured. The account also refers to Pakistani airstrikes on September 21 against militant strongholds in eastern Afghanistan.

The report described the targeted facilities as including a suicide bomber training camp, a support centre and a joint location allegedly used by Fitna al-Khawarij and Islamic State-linked elements. It presented the destruction of these sites as evidence supporting Pakistan’s position that militant infrastructure operates across the Afghan border.

However, the supplied material does not include the former CIA officer’s original statement, the underlying intelligence or independent verification of the reported casualty figures. The details should therefore be attributed to The Policy Digest rather than presented as independently established findings.

The strikes are part of a broader security dispute between Pakistan and Afghanistan over armed groups operating near the border. Islamabad has repeatedly raised concerns about attacks inside Pakistan and the presence of militants it says use Afghan territory as a base for planning or supporting cross-border violence.

For Pakistan, disrupting training facilities and logistical networks is a central objective of counterterrorism operations. Such sites, when their use by armed groups is established, can provide training, accommodation, coordination and other support for militant activity.

At the same time, military operations inside another country’s territory carry diplomatic and security implications. Establishing the identity of targets, assessing civilian harm and verifying reported casualties are important to evaluating the effectiveness and consequences of cross-border strikes.

The reference to Sarah Adams is significant because of her former role in intelligence targeting, but confirmation of her comments and the precise scope of her assessment would require access to the original publication or a direct statement. Her former position alone does not independently verify every operational detail contained in the report.

The supplied account does not provide a response from Afghan authorities or independent monitoring organisations. It also does not establish whether the reported facilities were subsequently inspected or whether the casualty figures were corroborated through separate sources.

The report adds to the ongoing debate over militant networks in Afghanistan and regional counterterrorism efforts. Independent evidence about the targeted sites, the people killed and the operational findings would help establish the full circumstances of the strikes.