Pakistan mulls options after Afghan link found in suicide hits

ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan is weighing its options after investigations revealed that the suicide bombers behind the recent attacks in Islamabad and Wana were Afghan nationals, a development that will certainly further strain the already fraught relationship between Pakistan and the Taliban regime.

According to officials, preliminary investigations conducted by security agencies confirmed that the suicide bomber who blew himself up outside the Judicial Complex in Islamabad and terrorists involved in targeting the Cadet College in Wana, South Waziristan, were Afghan nationals. Both incidents, which occurred within days of each other, killed several people.

The findings have deepened Islamabad's concerns that Afghanistan continues to serve as a sanctuary for terrorists linked to the banned Tehre