suicide blast next to the district courts in Islamabad last week claimed at least 12 lives. More than three dozen civilians and policemen were injured in the incident.

“A lone suicide bomber, a pedestrian, tried to enter the court premises. On failing to do so, he detonated the explosive he was carrying near a police vehicle outside the main gate,” Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told reporters. He added that investigations were under way.

A day earlier, an Afghan citizen and his militant accomplices had tried to storm a cadet college in Wana, South Waziristan. The attempt was thwarted by the security forces. The vehicle carrying one of the attackers blew up at the college gate, killing at least three security personnel. His accomplices entered the building and tried to take students hostage. More than 500 cadets were, in the end safely, evacuated. It took the security forces several hours to clear the compound of the attackers.

The Inter Services Public Relations said the initial attempt by the terrorists to breach the perimeter security was foiled by the “vigilant and resolute response by the troops.” However, the attackers then rammed an explosives-laden vehicle against the main gate of the college, causing it to collapse and damaging an adjacent structure. The terrorists then entered the educational facility. They were “cornered in the college’s administrative block.”

“Displaying unwavering courage and professional excellence, the troops engaged the intruders and eliminated two khwarij belonging to an Indian proxy.”

Fitnat-al Khawarij is a description the ISPR uses for terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. The ISPR added that during the deadly attack, the terrorists were in contact with their handlers in Afghanistan and “getting........

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