Pakistani forces found a passport of an Islamist militant linked to two hijackers involved in the September 11 attacks during an offensive against Taliban strongholds near the Afghan border, a TV station said on Thursday.

The passport of Said Bahaji, a German of Moroccan origin, was among documents, weapons and jihadi literature seized by the government forces during their operation in South Waziristan and was shown to a group of journalists during an official trip.

"The passport shows he reached Karachi just days before 9/11," DawnNews said, showing a passport purportedly belonging to Bahaji.