Islamabad Mosque Suicide Bomber Was Pakistani, Trained in Afghanistan, Officials Say

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Pakistani authorities say the suicide bomber who attacked a Shia mosque in Islamabad on Friday was a Pakistani national who received militant training at an Istishhadi training center in Afghanistan’s Kunar province.

Initial investigations, cited by Pakistani media, identified the attacker as Yasir Khan Yasir. Officials said he stayed in Afghanistan for around five months before returning to Pakistan, was inclined toward the Salafi school of thought, and trained at the Mansoor Istishhadi training center in Kunar province.