Pakistanis buried their loved ones on Wednesday as authorities probed a deadly suicide bombing at an Islamabad court the day before, the latest attack underscoring the country's challenges as the government struggles with a surging militancy,

A suicide attack outside a court in Pakistan's capital Islamabad has killed 12 people and injured at least 27 others, the country's interior minister said. Mohsin Naqvi said a bomber was planning to attack the district courthouse but was unable to get inside.

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 to hit the city in more than a decade and comes as Pakistan is facing a resurgence of assaults by several insurgencies.

Pakistani security forces have killed 20 Pakistani Taliban insurgents in raids on hideouts in the northwest region bordering Afghanistan.

The suicide bombing in Islamabad injured 27 others, officials said. Officials blamed the attack on the Pakistani Taliban, which has not claimed responsibility.

Pakistan’s interior minister says a suicide bomber struck outside a district court in Islamabad, killing 12 people

Pakistan and Afghanistan have held peace talks as a tenuous ceasefire holds following cross-border clashes last month that left dozens of people dead and hundreds wounded.

Pakistan’s parliament is considering a constitutional amendment to grant immunity to Field Marshal Asim Munir, a move that is seen to expand his influence over the South Asian nation’s defense and civilian matters.