Pakistan Says Attack That Killed 13, Including 9 Chinese, Was A Suicide Bombing

An Indian government official said the charge was baseless and said Pakistan has made similar accusations repeatedly in the past.

A bus blast last month that killed 13 people, including nine Chinese workers, was a suicide bombing by Islamist terrorists backed by the Indian and Afghan intelligence agencies, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday. The minister said an investigation showed there was a "nexus of Indian RAW and Afghan NDS" in the attack, referring to the two countries' intelligence agencies. The July 14 blast hit a bus carrying workers to a dam construction site in northern Pakistan. Two Pakistani soldiers were also among the dead. An Indian government official said the charge was baseless and said Pakistan has made similar accusations repeatedly in the past.