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A major roadside landmine blast in Farah, western Afghanistan, bordering Iran, killed at least 34 people on Wednesday morning, an official confirmed. A passenger bus coming from the neighboring Herat province hit a roadside improvised explosive device around 8.00 a.m. Read More …
U.S. Army Sgt. Bradley Houston participated in a team leader certification exercise at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, July 27, 2019. Houston is deployed to Kosovo in support of Multinational Battle Group East’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Task Force. Qualifying in the team Read More …
The UN mission in Afghanistan has announced that the conflict in Afghanistan killed or wounded 3,812 civilians in the first half of 2019. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said in its latest report that the conflict killed 1,366 Read More …
A deadly explosion killed or wounded at least 26 civilians including many children in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar. The local security officials said an Improvised Explosive Device went off in Spin Boladak earlier today. The officials further added that Read More …
Army bomb disposal teams working in Northern Ireland should get a medal in recognition of their service, Doug Beattie has said. Commenting after army specialists were tasked to deal with an improvised explosive device in Craigavon at the weekend, the Read More …
The Afghan Special Forces destroyed a house-borne improvised explosive device during an operation in southern Kandahar province. The military officials said Monday that the Special Forces destroyed a house bomb in Maiwand district. The officials further added that the Special Read More …
Dissident republicans are believed to have lured police to a bomb disguised as a fired mortar near a bus stop in Northern Ireland on Friday. The explosive, found on a footpath in Craigavon, Co Armagh, was set up to detonate if moved or touched, the Police Service Read More …
Two North Carolina bomb squad agents were injured during the search of a man’s home after he was pulled over for having homemade explosives in his car. The State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) agents were assisting Sampson County Sheriff’s Office Read More …
Zeravani soldiers conducted Counter-Improvised Explosive Device training exercises at Bnaslawa Training Center near Erbil, Iraq, July 25, 2019. An Italian Army C-IED Mobile Training Team trained the soldiers to detect and defeat explosive hazards commonly found on the battlefield. Zeravani Read More …
A female suicide bomber detonated herself in the office of the Mogadishu’s mayor, killing six officials and badly wounding Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman, local media reported on Wednesday. “Sabah Abdullahi Mohamed, the commissioner of Abdulaziz district and her Waberi district Read More …
The Afghan forces thwarted a deadly plot by anti-government armed militants to target the university students in northern Baghlan province. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the security forces discovered and defused an improvised explosive which the Read More …
Three consecutive blasts in Kabul city left 11 people dead and 45others wounded, the Ministry of Public Health said. Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said the explosions killed 11 civilians and wounded 45 others. Furthermore, Rahimi Read More …
Two civilian vehicles on their way to pick up military personnel in Turkey’s southeastern Hakkari province were targeted by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on Tuesday. The explosion killed one of the drivers and severely injured the other. The deceased was Read More …
A massive car bombing in the southeast of Afghanistan targeting a local security officer killed at least four people, an official and local media confirmed on Sunday after a spate of terrorist attacks across the country in the last one Read More …
The UK is to send 250 troops to Mali in the biggest peacekeeping deployment since Bosnia and potentially the most dangerous mission for British forces since Afghanistan. The soldiers will form a long-range reconnaissance task group, specifically chosen for their Read More …
Visitors at this week’s Royal Welsh Show are being invited to don protective body armour and hunt for explosive-free landmines. A dummy minefield is being created at the showground to highlight the humanitarian work of the HALO Trust. Mine clearance enables communities Read More …
Four servicemen who were part of the Joint Forces on a mission in the Donbas warzone were killed as they stepped on an explosive device planted by an enemy subversion group, that’s according to the report by the JFO HQ. Read More …
At least nine people have been killed and 30 others were injured in Pakistan after a complex attack involving a suicide bomber, believed to be a woman wearing a burqa. The bomber struck outside a hospital as the wounded were Read More …
Six people were seriously injured, including four security personnel and two civilians as an IED exploded on Datta Khel area road on Saturday, security sources disclosed to The Express Tribune over the phone. Security forces were deployed to control and Read More …
A Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 cargo aircraft flew from Hickam Field to Kalaeloa Airport on Thursday to pick up simulated wounded troops who had been transported from a notional battlefield by an Army Black Hawk helicopter. In this case Read More …