How much of a challenge are recurrent bombings for Pakistan?

Dozens were killed and injured in an attack by an armed group in a northwestern city.

An armed group linked to Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) — the Pakistani Taliban — claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Friday.

Pakistan’s government says many of them are launched from just across the border in Afghanistan.

As a result, relations between the two countries have soured.

Victoria Jones – Senior research fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation

Sahar Khan – Non-resident fellow at the Institute for Global Affairs