Islamabad Mosque Attack Mastermind Arrested, Linked to Daesh: Pakistan Minister

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Firstpost•08-02-2026, 14:11
Islamabad Mosque Attack Mastermind Arrested, Linked to Daesh: Pakistan Minister
- •Pakistani forces arrested the mastermind and four facilitators of the Islamabad mosque suicide blast.
- •Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi revealed the arrests were made during raids in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- •The mastermind, an Afghan national, is linked to Daesh, with planning and training conducted by "Daesh Afghanistan."
- •An assistant sub-inspector of KP police was killed during the raids, with others injured.
- •Naqvi stated that 21 terrorist organizations are operating from Afghanistan and called the situation a 'state of war'.
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