Pakistan claims Islamabad suicide bomber was Afghan national

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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that coercion  accrued  aft  the Taliban came to power. File

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that coercion accrued aft the Taliban came to power. File | Photo Credit: Reuters

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi connected Thursday (November 13, 2025) said that the termination bomber progressive successful the deadly Islamabad bombing was an Afghan national.

At slightest 12 radical were killed connected Tuesday (November 11) erstwhile a termination bomber detonated his explosives adjacent the entranceway of a tribunal successful the G-11 country of the capital.

After visiting the onslaught site, Mr. Naqvi had announced to place the bomber earlier pointing fingers successful immoderate direction.

Addressing the Senate connected Thursday, Mr. Naqvi said that authorities person identified the attackers arsenic good arsenic those progressive successful the Islamabad bombing. “We person traced the attacker. The termination bomber is an Afghan national,” helium said.

The Minister besides said that the termination bombers progressive successful the Wana Cadet College onslaught successful South Waziristan territory this week were besides from Afghanistan.

He besides announced that enactment would beryllium taken astatine an due level.

Six radical were injured connected Monday aft a termination bomber detonated explosives astatine the main gross of the Wana Cadet College successful South Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan.

Replying to a question extracurricular the Parliament, Mr. Naqvi rejected the thought of talks with militants. “How tin we speech to them erstwhile they are throwing bombs connected us? It is not possible,” helium said.

Separately, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that coercion accrued aft the Taliban came to power.

“There is full goodwill from Pakistan, but each week we person to enarthrosis the dormant bodies of our soldiers and people,” Mr. Dar told the Senate.

He besides targeted the erstwhile authorities of Imran Khan for allegedly allowing the Taliban to travel backmost from Afghanistan, wherever they had fled aft operations successful the borderline regions. He besides claimed the jailed Taliban militants were released during Mr. Khan's tenure.

“More than 100 hardened criminals were acceptable escaped by the erstwhile regime,” helium said.

Meanwhile, information agencies person arrested 2 cardinal suspects, a handler and a facilitator, successful transportation with the termination bombing successful Islamabad, reported Geo News.

The facilitator, surviving successful Rawalpindi for the past month, was arrested successful Rawalpindi portion the handler was detained from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it said, quoting sources.

Before the attack, the facilitator and the termination bomber visited the Judicial Complex respective times to survey the area, the sources said.

The suspects person been shifted to an undisclosed determination for interrogation.

A rider — employed with an online work — dropped the attacker adjacent the tribunal for a fare of PKRs 200, constabulary sources told Geo News.

They besides said that efforts are continuing to way the bomber's movements.

Published - November 13, 2025 06:24 p.m. IST

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