The blast killed at least 31 people and wounded another 130. (Photo: AFP)ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad killed at least 31 people on Friday, local authorities said, with a police source saying more than 130 were wounded. City officials said “31 people were killed in the blast” at the Imam Bargah Qasr-e-Khadijatul Kubra mosque in the Tarlai area on the outskirts of Islamabad. Another team of AFP journalists saw armed security forces outside the mosque, where pools of blood were visible on the ground. Those attacks prompted a wave of counter-operations in which authorities said security forces killed almost 200 militants.

Source: Bangkok Post February 06, 2026 19:35 UTC