ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned Afghan envoy to lodge protest over the ‘use of Afghan soil’ following a recent suicide bombing in Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Officials insist the suicide attack carried out by an Afghan national on a convoy of security forces in Bannu district on November 26. Pakistan strongly condemned the heinous act and expressed its condemnation of the incident. Hafiz Gul Bahadur group had claimed responsibility for the attack. Pakistan says the group operates from Afghan soil. Pakistan asked the Afghan representative called for a thorough investigation into the Bannu attack and urged decisive action against those responsible for planning and executing the act. DNA
