Overview
- Indian officials are probing the Red Fort vehicle explosion in New Delhi as a terrorist attack that killed 13 and injured 20, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.
- Pakistan reported at least 12 dead and over 30 injured in a suicide bombing outside Islamabad’s district court, with a separate blast wounding 14 security personnel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and a prior day’s assault taking hostages at a South Waziristan military college.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Defense Minister Khawaja Asif publicly accused India of directing the attacks, with Asif alleging orchestration from Afghanistan without presenting evidence.
- A faction of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) claimed the Islamabad bombing, but senior TTP leaders denied involvement, leaving responsibility contested.
- India rejected the allegations as baseless through Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal, and NDTV cited unnamed government sources saying “Operation Sindoor” remains in effect.