With bombs tearing through capitals and leaders trading accusations, South Asia’s nuclear-armed neighbours are again approaching the brink.

The group, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is an extremist group that constitutes several Pashtun militant outfits from Pakistan’s tribal areas. It mainly operates along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and aims to bring in the Sharia law in Pakistan.

Judges, lawyers and officials who carried out rulings under Pakistan’s un-Islamic laws were targeted,' the Pakistan Taliban said in a statement, claiming responsibility for the attack

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (TTP) launched suicide operations outside of a courthouse in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad and at a military cadet college in South Waziristan. Pakistan continues to blame Fitna al Khwarij,

At least 12 people were killed and 27 others wounded on Tuesday in an attack on Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, according to officials. It was the first major attack to hit the city in more than a decade and comes as Pakistan is facing a resurgence of assaults by several insurgencies.

Peace talks in Istanbul between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s hard-line Islamist Taliban rulers have ended with no deal, but a cease-fire between the neighboring countries will continue.