TTP claims responsibility for the attack; 48 suspects held

Foreign Office summons Afghan envoy to protest the use of Afghan soil in the attack

Afghan leader offers direct talks as insurgents reiterate their preconditions

Demands also include to have political office formally recognised, removal from UN blacklist

Militant group’s representatives to attend ‘non-official’ meeting in Qatar

AJF terms incident ‘violence against humanity’; group seen as brutal when opposed

Operation ends with four gunmen dead, army says

TTP claims responsibility of the incident; search operation underway

Top diplomats from four countries meet today in Kabul

Recognition of Taliban’s Qatar office by Afghan and US govts could convince the group to come to the dialogue table