ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday urged the Afghanistan government to rein in “terrorists” to ensure peace in the region, a day after a deadly suicide blast killed 12 people in Pakistan’s capital. The suicide blast took place outside a court complex in Islamabad’s G-11 sector on Tuesday afternoon, killing 12 and injuring 36. Sharif blamed the Pakistani Taliban or the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for the blast. The group subsequently denied responsibility. The blast took place as tensions persist between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

At least 12 people killed and several others injured in an explosion outside a court complex in Pakistan’s capital.

Mohsin Naqvi says the bomber tried to gain entry to a court complex, but was unable to get inside.