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Pakistan protests to Afghanistan over suicide attack that killed 15 officers
Pakistan says evidence from the attack points to militants in Afghanistan as tensions with Kabul persist after a group claimed responsibility.
- On Monday, Pakistan summoned a senior Afghan diplomat to lodge a formal protest over a suicide attack in the country's northwest that killed 15 police officers.
- Islamabad blamed the late Saturday attack on the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, a militant group Pakistani authorities accuse the Afghan Taliban of sheltering.
- The assault in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, involved a suicide bomber detonating an explosives-laden vehicle near a security post; a splinter group, Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan, claimed responsibility, though Islamabad suspects a TTP front.
- Pakistan's Foreign Ministry stated the attack was "masterminded by terrorists residing in Afghanistan," adding that Islamabad "reserves the right to respond decisively against the perpetrators of this barbaric act."
- Kabul denies allowing militants to use Afghan soil for attacks; however, sporadic cross-border clashes persist despite peace talks mediated by China in April.
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Pakistan lodges a complaint with Afghanistan over a suicide attack that killed 15 police
Pakistan has summoned a senior Afghan diplomat to launch a complaint about a suicide attack in its northwest that killed 15 police officers.
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- 35% of the sources lean Left, 35% of the sources are Center
35% Center
L 35%
C 35%
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