Gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a Christian colony near the town of Peshawar, killing one civilian in that attack. Ahsanullah Ahsan, a spokesman for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a breakaway Taliban faction, claimed responsibility for the attack. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the court attack. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed responsibility for the bombing and warned of further attacks. The military also claimed it had cleared the Khyber tribal region, which is located near the Christian colony, where Friday's attack took place.

Source: ABC News September 02, 2016 05:05 UTC