it hasn t contained any further details of the motive and the intention behind it. but the fact that this has happened and this is not the first time that the so called islamic state has carried out attacks in pakistan. this many people are already suggesting that this appears to show a growing rift between the so called islamic state and other religious groups operating in pakistan, and that this is becoming increasingly serious. for more on the perspective here in washington, i spoke to former us ambassador at large and coordinator for counterterrorism, nathan sales. ambassador, thank you so much forjoining us. i want to start with who is responsible for this attack in pakistan, because the islamic state has claimed responsibility on its news agency, saying the following, quote, the attack comes in the natural context of the ongoing war waged by the islamic state against democracy as a regime hostile to true islam and in conflict with its divine law. and they struck an election ral
an affiliate group of the islamic state the iskp is claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing at a political rally in pakistan. mourners are burying the dead after sunday s attack which killed at least 54 people in the north of the country. it injured hundreds more. pakistan s goverment says it will find those responsible. 0ur pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, reports from islamabad. we ve now heard from the amaq news agency that the so called islamic state in kp. this is the province where the suicide blast took place that that group has now claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that took place on sunday afternoon so far, taking the lives of 45 people. now, this has come through the amaq news agency, which is quite often the outlet that the so called islamic state tend to use to announce when and claim various different attacks and the same thing for their affiliate groups as well. now, while this declaration did include the name of the individual that they say
on the way, following months of chaos following the ousting of imran khan as prime minister in april last year. 0ur correspondent in islamabad caroline davies has the latest. we ve now heard from the amoc news agency that the so called islamic state in kp. this is the province where the suicide blast took place that that group has now claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that took place on sunday afternoon so far, taking the lives of 45 people. now, this has come through the news agency, which is quite often the outlet that the so called islamic state tend to use to announce when and claim various different attacks and the same thing for their affiliate groups as well. now, while this declaration did include the name of the individual that they say was the suicide bomber, it hasn t contained any further details of the motive and the intention behind it. but the fact that this has happened and this is not the first time that the so called islamic state has carried out attacks
as abdullah muhajir. the blast killed dozens of people at a pro taliban election rally of an islamist party, in the bajaur tribal district of khyber pakhtunkhwa province. 0ur pakistan correspondent, caroline davis, reports from islamabad. we ve now heard from the amaq news agency that the so called islamic state in kp. this is the province where the suicide blast took place that that group has now claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that took place on sunday afternoon so far, taking the lives of 45 people. now, this has come through the amaq news agency, which is quite often the outlet that the so called islamic state tend to use to announce when and claim various different attacks and the same thing for their affiliate groups as well. now, while this declaration did include the name of the individual that they say was the suicide bomber, it hasn t contained any further details of the motive and the intention behind it. but the fact that this has happened and this is not the