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 …

Defense Threat Reduction Agency: 20 Years of Making the World Safer

“As an agency, DTRA started 20 years ago, but it wasn’t starting from scratch,” said Vayl Oxford, DTRA director. “It was initially created to focus various C-WMD efforts throughout the Department of Defense, and we’ve been building on those past Read More …

Palestine Joins Global Push to Eliminate Landmines

Palestine has become the 164th state to ban antipersonnel landmines, another sign of the growing global stigma against these abhorrent weapons. Palestine acceded to the Mine Ban Treaty following the treaty’s annual meeting in Vienna in December. Palestine has expressed support the treaty for Read More …

U.S. requires tougher cargo screening from Middle East airports

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said on Monday it will require six Middle Eastern carriers to undergo enhanced cargo screening as part of an effort to raise global aviation security. The emergency amendment covers carriers in five countries flying Read More …

Bomb at pork stall in market in Thailand’s south kills three, wounds 22

A motorcycle bomb exploded in a market in Thailand’s southern Yala province on Monday, killing three people and wounding 22, a spokesman for the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) said, the first such attack in the region in months.The mostly Read More …

Trial set for man accused of making bomb parts for jihadists

A decade ago, military police raiding a Baghdad apartment during the Iraq War discovered bomb-making materials that authorities say contained the fingerprints of a Syrian man now accused of making a key component for improvised explosive devices for a jihadist Read More …