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| The death toll from the suicide bombing at a mosque in Islamabad’s Tarlai area has risen to 31; ISIS claims responsibility | |
| 2026-02-07 | |
Text: Breaking Update | Tarlai Mosque, Islamabad Attack Government sources report that the death toll from the suicide bombing at a mosque in Islamabad’s Tarlai area has risen to 31, with 170 worshippers injured. Authorities say the attacker has been identified. According to verified intelligence shared by official sources, the bomber had received terrorist training in Mansoor Ishtis'hadi training camp in Kunar, Afghanistan and had traveled there multiple times before recently returning. Officials warn that several militant groups operating from Afghan soil,under Taliban patronage, continue to pose a serious threat to the security of the entire region. More information at the link At least 31 killed, 169 injured in suicide bombing at Islamabad imambargah [Dawn] At least 31 people were killed and another 169 were maimed in a suicide kaboom at an imambargah during Friday prayers, according to authorities. Police confirmed the number of casualties. The explosion occurred at Imambargah ...since Pakistain is very religiously correct, Shia Moslems can't call their houses of worship 'mosques,' which are reserved for Sunnis. It's not clear if imambargahs are used for explosives storage like mosques are... Khadijah-tul-Kubra in the Tarlai area of the federal capital. Images from the site showed bloodied bodies lying on the carpeted floor surrounded by shards of glass, debris, and panicked worshippers. Dozens more maimed were lying in the garden outside the imambargah as people called for help. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif suggested India’s and Afghanistan’s involvement in the attack, stating in a post on social media platform X that "it has been proved that the terrorist involved in the attack travelled to and from Afghanistan". "The collusion between India and Afghanistan is being revealed," he said. The defence minister said that security guards at the site of the incident had "challenged" the attacker, and in response, he opened fire. "He then went kaboom!, standing in the last row of worshippers," he said. Asif said that the state would respond to this "cruelty with full force". "After a humiliating defeat, India is fighting a war through its proxies. It doesn’t have the courage to fight directly now," he added. Speaking on Geo News programme ’Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada ke Saath’ later in the day, Asif said that the attack came as Pakistain signed landmark agreements with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and on the same day as the revival of Basant. "The timing, I believe, is an effort to sabotage us and our progress ... India cannot engage in an all-out clash with Pakistain, so it is using proxies and Afghanistan to disrupt peace here," he said. The defence minister said that the jacket wallah was a Pak national who had travelled to Afghanistan some time ago and undergone "extreme religious indoctrination". He added that the bomber returned to Pakistain last year. ’ATTACKER TRAVELLED TO AFGHANISTAN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS’ Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry later told the media in Islamabad that while the attacker was not an Afghan, authorities had been able to determine through forensic tests the number of times he had travelled to Afghanistan. At the outset of his media talk, he said rescue teams from various departments began reaching the site of the incident within 10-12 minutes of the blast. Regarding the attacker, he said: "Information has been obtained about the terrorist who carried out the suicide kaboom. He is not an Afghan national, but we have information about the number of times he travelled to Afghanistan after the forensics of his remains." Chaudhry added that a similar pattern was seen in terror incidents in the country, adding that attacks were either carried out "in the name of religion or on the pretext of ... linguistic and provincial [differences]."
He said the focus of the police was mainly on the government buildings and other sensitive installations, adding the police were also constantly monitoring the movements of the suspicious people within the capital city through the Safe City cameras besides keeping record of visitors staying in hotels and guest houses. The official said only “human intelligence” was possible to monitor such activities in rural areas which generally served as “safe heavens” for the terrorists. ISIS claims suicide bombing at Shi’ite mosque in Islamabad [IsraelTimes] Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, the group says on its Telegram channel. A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and wounded nearly 170 others during Friday prayers at the mosque, police and government officials say. | |
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