US EditionAfghans carried out two suicide bombings in Pakistan, says minister
Pakistani authorities arrested multiple suspects linked to Afghan nationals who carried out two suicide bombings, including one at a military-run school and another at a judicial complex.
- On Thursday, Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said both suicide bombers were Afghan nationals and attacks hit the Islamabad District Judicial Complex and Cadet College, South Waziristan.
- Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been strained in recent years, with Islamabad accusing militants sheltering across the border while Kabul denies giving safe haven and offered no immediate response.
- Investigators said security agencies arrested seven suspects in Rawalpindi and detained a motorcyclist traced via Safe City CCTV after the Islamabad blast on November 11 killed 12 and injured 36.
- Security agencies have heightened protections across court premises and other sensitive sites nationwide and continue raids, while Khawaja Asif said Pakistan may strike inside Afghanistan, calling it `in a state of war`.
- KP alone recorded over 600 terror incidents in the first eight months of 2025, causing at least 138 civilian and 79 police deaths, and Pakistan's military said attackers were linked to Fitna al Khawarij with alleged handlers in Afghanistan.
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Seven arrested over suicide attack
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Rawalpindi, in coordination with relevant agencies, has arrested seven suspects linked to facilitators and handlers of the recent suicide attack at Islamabad's Judicial Complex, sources said on Thursday. The suspects have been transferred to an undisclosed location, where authorities have launched extensive investigations into the network behind Tuesday's bombing, which claimed the lives of 12 people and le…
Suicide bombings in Pakistan were carried out by Afghan nationals, claims Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi
On Wednesday, a suicide attacker detonated explosives at the entrance of Islamabad’s District Judicial Complex, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 30, several of them critically.
On the afternoon of this Thursday, November 13, Interior Minister John Reimberg reported on the capture of a person prosecuted for the crime of terrorism.
Pakistan's interior minister today blamed Afghan nationals for two suicide attacks earlier this week.
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