Without directly naming who Pakistan was in a “state of war” with, Khawaja Asif indicated that Islamabad was running out of patience with the Taliban regime.

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday declared that his country was now “in a state of war, calling the deadly suicide bombing in Islamabad a “wake-up call" for the nation.

Without directly naming who Pakistan was in a “state of war” with, Asif indicated that Islamabad was running out of patience with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan after the Pakistani Taliban, or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack . Pakistan blames the Afghan Taliban for sheltering TTP, a claim that Kabul denies.

“We are in a state of war. Anyone who thinks that the Pakistan Army is fighting this war in the

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