Pakistan has asked the Government of Afghanistan to take swift action against the mastermind of the Bacha Khan University attack after the initial investigation into the incident confirmed that it had been orchestrated from across the border.
According to The Express Tribune, Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif telephoned Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Dr Abdullah Abdullah and Commander Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan General John Campbell to share details of Pakistani investigations.
The deadly attack on the university killed 21 people, mostly students, and injured 30 others when four terrorists stormed the university in Charsadda.
The attack was reminiscent of the December 2014 attack on Army Public School in Peshawar that left more than 100 students dead.
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