April 10, 2026 06:32 pm (IST)

Make this your homepage

South Asia / Southeast Asia / China

Amit Shah promises UCC, ₹3,000 aid per month for women and youth in BJP’s Bengal manifesto | Nitish Kumar takes Rajya Sabha oath; power shift looms in Bihar | Sting video fallout: AIMIM snaps electoral ties with Humayun Kabir in Bengal | Israel says Hezbollah chief’s nephew-cum-secretary killed in Beirut strikes last night | Modi slams TMC on trade, fisheries at Haldia; vows 7th pay commission for govt employees | ‘US military will remain in and around Iran’: Trump amid fragile ceasefire | BJP eyes Assam hattrick, Puducherry comeback; LDF faces Kerala test | Israel claims Hezbollah chief's nephew killed in Beirut strikes last night | Jaishankar’s high-stakes diplomatic tour: EAM to visit UAE this week, first visit amid Middle East conflict | Passport row: Barricades outside Pawan Khera’s Hyderabad house after Himanta Biswa Sarma's warning

IS claims responsibility for Pakistan blast

India Blooms News Service | | Aug 09, 2016, at 03:10 pm

Quetta, Aug 9 (IBNS): Militant group ISIS has cliamed responsibility for the blast in Pakistan's Quetta area on Monday which claimed at least 70 lives.

"While the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar had claimed credit for the August 8, 2016, suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, 'Amaq News Agency of the Islamic State (IS) reported that it is an IS attack," SITE Intel Group said on its website.

At least 70 people were killed as a blast rocked a hospital in Pakistan on Monday.

Several others were injured.

#Quetta blast #Pakistan blast #Pakistan #ISIS

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.

India
International

Related Images

German president says ‘no reason’ to align with Trump on Iran war Mar 24, 2026, at 11:22 pm

In Images: Canadian PM Carney concludes his China visit Jan 17, 2026, at 01:30 am

In images: King Charles III hosts President Trump and First Lady Melania at State Banquet in Windsor Sep 19, 2025, at 12:49 am