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ISLAMABAD: Afghan nationals carried out two recent suicide bombings in Pakistan, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said Thursday, as authorities investigate cross-border militant operations.&nbsp;The attacks killed multiple people at an Islamabad court complex on Tuesday and a military cadet college in South Waziristan on Monday.&nbsp;&quot;It has been confirmed that both nationals came from Afghanistan and carried out these suicide attacks,&quot; the minister told reporters. &quot;We are investigating the matter.&quot;&nbsp;Pakistani security sources said Thursday that Noor Wali Mehsud, leader of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant group, ordered the cadet college attack from Afghanistan.&nbsp;&nbsp;Speaking to a private news channel on Wednesday regarding the suicide attack in Islamabad, Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry stated that the suicide bomber was not a Pakistani, nor did he know the language or currency of Pakistan. &ldquo;We have all the evidence available with us, on the basis of which we named India and Afghanistan as being behind this attack,&rdquo; he added. He also stated that the suicide bomber had rented a motorcycle and a car upon entering Islamabad for the attack.&nbsp;&nbsp;The attackers used American-made weapons supplied from Afghanistan and received operational instructions throughout the assault, according to the sources. They identified the plot&#39;s organizer as &ldquo;Zahid.&rdquo; While Jaish-ul-Hind claimed responsibility for the cadet college attack, security sources revealed the claim was made on Mehsud&#39;s orders to obscure the TTP&rsquo;s involvement amid mounting international pressure on the Afghan Taliban to curb militant activities.&nbsp;&nbsp;The sources said the attack aimed to destabilize Pakistan at the behest of India&#39;s Research and Analysis Wing intelligence agency.&nbsp;Pakistan has consistently raised the issue of Afghanistan&#39;s Taliban regime harboring militants who launch attacks across the border.&nbsp;Pakistani authorities said counterterrorism operations will continue under the government&#39;s National Action Plan and Azm-e-Istehkam security initiatives.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pakistani Taliban is separate from but allied with Afghanistan&#39;s Taliban regime. The group has escalated attacks since the Afghan Taliban returned to power in 2021.&nbsp;

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It was confirmed that Afghan nationals carried out recent suicide attacks in Pakistan with planning, weapons, and support from militants in Afghanistan.

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Afghan nationals behind recent suicide attacks in Pakistan: interior minister