Updated 12 May 2026
Taliban government rejects claims Pakistan suicide attack was planned in Afghanistan
- Claim that suicide attack was planned in Afghanistan is baseless — Taliban government spokesman
KABUL: Kabul’s Taliban authorities rejected on Tuesday claims by Islamabad officials that a suicide attack which killed 15 police officers in northwest Pakistan was planned in Afghanistan.
The Afghan government “considers the recent statements by Pakistani officials, which claimed that the attack on the police station in Bannu was planned in Afghanistan, baseless,” government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid posted on his official X account.
