It is “possible” that M4 rifles used by Pahalgam terrorists came from Afghanistan: Expert

Perpetrators of the Kashmir terrorist attack used US-made M4 rifles, writes Ullekh NP, senior reporter with India's OPEN magazine

April 29, 2025 — London-based Australian journalist and Afghanistan expert Lynne ​O’Donnell, who reported extensively from Afghanistan until she was detained and harassed by the Taliban in mid-2022, has said it is “possible” that the M4 rifles used by terrorists to attack tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir, originated in Afghanistan. She suggests the weapons may have reached Kashmir via the Pakistani Taliban, which she describes as a “puppet” of the Haqqani Network, a group with close ties to Pakistan’s notorious spy agency, the ISI.