Forensic teams searched the burned remains of an automobile in a busy Delhi area. The wreckage of a suicide bombing filled the air outside the judicial complex in Islamabad less than twenty-four hours later.
There is yet no proof that the two horrific strikes are related. However, the bombs' political impact serves as a sharp reminder to the two South Asian rivals of the persistent security problems that remain beneath the surface of the entire area.
Explosions in their heavily protected capitals are uncommon, and two in a row have alarmed officials in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, possibly rekindling a cycle of blame and mistrust after an already fraught year for all of them.