Peshawar Mosque Attack | Pak Defense Minister Khwaja Asif accepted, Pakistan has sown the seeds of terrorism, now it is reaping the harvest

In the context of the Peshawar mosque blast that has claimed 100 lives so far, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said that Pakistan sowed the seeds of terrorism and is now reaping its own crops. According to Dawn report, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said that his country has sown the seeds of terrorism. The minister’s statement came a day after a massive blast at a mosque in Peshawar killed 100 people and injured many others. On Monday, 300 to 400 policemen gathered for afternoon prayers at the compound’s mosque in the provincial capital when a bomb ripped through an entire wall and most of the roof. During this, its debris fell on the people sitting there.

Pakistan he said- we sowed the seeds of terrorism

Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly in Pakistan, Asif said, “I will not talk at length but I will say in brief that in the beginning we sowed the seeds of terrorism.” In addition, he said that he himself was killed inside the mosque complex in Peshawar. The suicide bomber was standing in the front row during Zuhr prayer.” Even in India or Israel worshipers were not martyred during prayers, but this happened in Pakistan, he said.

According to the report, Asif questioned who would be held responsible for the Peshawar mosque blast. The minister said that the whole country needs to unite against terrorism, only then the fight against it can be fought. Terrorism does not differentiate between any religion or sect, Dawn quoted the minister as saying. Terrorism in the name of religion is used to take precious lives.

Pakistan’s minister spoke on terrorism in the country-

Khawaja Asif called for unity in the fight against terrorism and said it was time for Pakistan to put its house in order. Speaking about the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in the past, Pakistan’s Defense Minister said, when Russia invaded Afghanistan, Pakistan offered its services on rent to the United States. Dawn quoted Asif as saying, the deal with the US lasted for eight to nine years, after which the US went back to Washington celebrating the fact that Russia had been defeated. Pakistan was left to deal with the consequences for the next 10 years. He said, 9/11 happened in America. From there a threat was received and we got involved in another war. The minister said that Pakistan’s involvement in these two wars had spread to “our homes, our markets, our schools and public places”.

Suicide attack in Peshawar, more than 100 people died

The death toll in a suicide attack during prayers at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, has risen to 100 on Monday. Police gave this information. He said more bodies were pulled from the rubble and investigators are now trying to find out how the suicide bomber managed to get into the most secure area of ​​Peshawar city. According to security officials, the attacker was in the front row during afternoon prayers when he detonated his explosives. The explosion caused the roof of the mosque to collapse, burying worshipers under the rubble.

Officials said the suicide bomber was in the front row and blew himself up, causing the roof of the mosque to collapse on worshippers. Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) spokesman Mohammad Asim said 100 bodies were brought to the hospital. Aseem said that 53 injured are still undergoing treatment, while seven have been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Most of the injured are out of danger, he added. Most of the casualties in the incident were policemen. The dead included at least one deputy superintendent of police, five sub-inspectors and the mosque’s imam, Maulana Sahibzada Noorul Amin.

Tehreek-e-Taliban took responsibility for the attack

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), popularly known as the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the suicide attack, saying it was part of a revenge attack for Umar Khalid Khurasani, a TTP commander who was killed in Afghanistan in August last year. According to the Peshawar Police Control Room, over 200 injured were taken to Lady Reading Hospital. Peshawar’s Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ejaz Khan told Geo TV that the head of the suspected suicide bomber was recovered from the blast site. The suspected attacker has been identified as Mohd Ayaz, 37, son of Salim Khan of Mohmand Agency. “It is possible that the attacker was already present at the police line before the blast and may have used an official vehicle (to enter),” Khan said. is investigating. Rescue workers pulled nine people alive from the rubble on Tuesday.