Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi revealed that both suicide bombers behind this week’s attacks in Pakistan were Afghan nationals, with officials confirming multiple arrests in connection to the incidents. The remarks were made in parliament on Thursday by Mohsin Naqvi during a session carried live on Television.
On Wednesday, at the entrance of the Islamabad District Judicial Complex, at least 12 people were killed and more than 30 were injured critically when a suicide bomber blew himself. Seven suspects were detained in connection with the Islamabad blast as per the Counter-Terrorism Department in Punjab province’s Rawalpindi.
The Dawn daily reported, that the alleged committers were seized from Rawalpindi’s Fauji Colony and Dhoke Kashmirain, alongside a raid was also performed in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
The second suicide attack took place at a Cadet college in South Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, near the Afghan border on Monday. The attack came when an explosive-laden vehicle bumped its main gate. According to the police, two attackers were killed at the main gate, while three others managed to enter. Militants then entered the school, triggering a fight with Pakistani soldiers that continued for more than 24 hours until all of the attackers were killed.
Recent years mark strained relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, with Islamabad condemning troops sheltering across the border of staging attacks inside Pakistan. Kabul disagrees giving harbor to armed groups to attack Pakistan.
Border clashes between the two countries since the last month, have killed several civilians as well as dozens of soldiers. Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Tuesday, following the attacks this week that Pakistan may launch strikes inside Afghanistan, affirming that the nation was “in a state of war”. He said, “Anyone who thinks that the Pakistan Army is fighting this war in the Afghan-Pakistan border region and the remote areas of Balochistan should take today’s suicide attack at the Islamabad district courts as a wake-up call.”
