Pakistan Blames India for Suicide Car Bomb Attack, New Delhi Responds with Contempt

Pakistan Blames India for Suicide Car Bomb Attack: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday rejected Pakistan Army’s claim that India was behind the Waziristan suicide bomber attack, which killed 13 soldiers a day ago.

"We have seen an official statement by the Pakistan Army seeking to blame India for the attack on Waziristan on 28 June. We reject this statement with the contempt it deserves," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a statement on X.

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— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) June 28, 2025

Pakistani media quoting security agencies said a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a mine-resistant Improvised Explosive Device (IED) vehicle of the Bomb Disposal Unit in an area where a curfew was imposed due to military movement.

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The powerful blast killed 13 military personnel and injured 29 people, including 19 civilians. There were reports of indiscriminate firing also, which injured 19 civilians, including women and children, in the area.

The attack is the latest in a series of violence in Pakistan’s tribal regions and is being described as one of the deadliest in North Waziristan in recent months.

No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack. However, Pakistani authorities have linked the incident to what they call a growing nexus of armed groups operating along the country’s western frontier.

Since the Taliban took over in Kabul in 2021, Pakistan has seen a sharp rise in attacks in its border regions. According to a report, nearly 290 people, mostly security personnel, have been killed in terrorist incidents this year in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces.

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Islamabad has accused the Afghan Taliban of allowing Pakistani militants to use Afghan territory to launch attacks — a charge Kabul has denied. India, in its response to Pakistan’s latest accusation, has said the focus should be on addressing the internal security issues within Pakistan.

India has also denied any involvement in Pakistan’s internal conflicts, calling the repeated allegations “politically motivated” and “factually baseless”.

The Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack.

Northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is home to several banned militant groups which often target security forces. Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of sheltering these groups, an allegation Kabul denies.

In March, Pakistani analyst Abdullah Khan told Associated Press that the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group was “more dangerous” than the Pakistani Taliban and actively vying for influence.

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