‘Have Traced Culprits’: Pakistan Says Islamabad Suicide Bomber Was From Afghanistan

Last Updated:November 13, 2025, 20:34 IST

Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told a Senate session that the bomber behind Tuesday’s blast outside district court buildings in the capital was from Afghanistan

Policemen examine damaged vehicles after a suicide blast outside the district court in Islamabad on November 11. (AFP photo)

Pakistan on Thursday blamed Afghan nationals for a suicide bombing in Islamabad earlier this week, as well as a separate deadly attack near the country’s northwestern frontier.

Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told a Senate session that the bomber behind Tuesday’s blast outside district court buildings in the capital was from Afghanistan.

“We have traced the Islamabad blast culprits. The suicide bomber was from Afghanistan,” Naqvi said, without providing evidence to support the claim. When asked how the government would respond, he added, “It will be decided on a government-level what to do.”

A faction of the Pakistani Taliban, known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the Islamabad attack, marking the first major incident in the capital in nearly three years. The blast killed 12 people and injured at least 27 others.

Naqvi also alleged that Afghan nationals were involved in a separate assault on Cadet College Wana, a military-linked school in northwest Pakistan, on the same day. That attack left three people dead.

Pakistan has long accused Afghan-based militants, particularly the TTP, of orchestrating attacks inside its territory since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, though Kabul denies these claims.

Ties between Islamabad and Kabul have sharply deteriorated in recent months. Last month, cross-border clashes killed more than 70 people, including dozens of Afghan civilians, according to the United Nations.

Naqvi said on live television, “We have told them (the Afghan government) about our concerns but they still support terrorists.” Kabul has not issued a response to these allegations.

Pakistan’s information ministry reiterated Thursday that the Wana attack was “planned and controlled from Afghanistan” and that all those involved were Afghan citizens. The ministry added, “The identities of the Afghan terrorists killed in the attack firmly establishes the links of terrorists in their bases in Afghanistan.”

The TTP has threatened further attacks unless Pakistan implements strict Islamic law, raising security concerns in the country.

(With inputs from AFP)

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