Afghan militants involved in Kurram agency IED blast: Sources

The militants based in neighboring Afghanistan were involved in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast which occurred in Kurram agency yesterday, sources said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, eight people including three women and a child were killed when their vehicle Read More …

Need to fight in a tunnel or find hidden IEDs? Ask Lt. Col. Liron Aroch how

There’s an active Hamas attack tunnel deep inside Israeli territory, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Gaza Strip, stretching tens of meters and full of hiding spots, offshoots and storage depots. There are others like it, too. But unlike Read More …

Somalia: AU Peacekeepers Targeted in Landmine Blast in Beledweyne

A landmine explosion struck a military convoy carrying African Union peacekeepers in Beledweyne city, the regional capital of Hiran province on Monday morning. A witness told Radio Shabelle that an improvised explosive device [IED] ripped through Djiboutian soldiers serving with Read More …

Winter 2017/18 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print

Articles, in-depth analysis and insights from C-IED Centre of Excellence, U.S. Army Europe’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Germany, Swedish EOD and Demining Centre-SWEDEC, TNO Organization for Applied Scientific Research Netherlands, and many more. To view contents please visit Read More …

Taliban “Red Unit” no match for Afghan Commandos

7th Special Operations Kandak Commandos conducted a nighttime helicopter air assault raid on a known Taliban “Red Unit” compound in De Daraband Sar, Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2018. The special operators seized and destroyed approximately 453 Read More …