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American forces in Afghanistan tied to the 82nd US Airborne Division will become the first infantry Army battalion to employ pocket-sized drones on their impending deployment to the war-torn country. Soldiers with the Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat team were issued Black Read More …
Air Force Reserve Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians joined Air National Guard EOD technicians at Volk Field Air National Guard Base for Audacious Warrior 2019, an annual exercise that provides EOD Airmen with classroom and scenario based training that they may Read More …
Five people, including three soldiers, were killed while nine others were wounded in an explosion in the vicinity of a military camp in Indanan, Sulu, the military said Friday. Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala said three soldiers and two Read More …
Tunisia has been rocked after two suicide bombers blew themselves up in separate attacks in the Tunisian capital, killing one police officer and wounding several others, the Tunisian Interior Ministry has confirmed. The first targeted a police patrol in Charles Read More …
One woman was killed and 17 other passengers injured when twin blasts struck two public buses in downtown Kirkuk on Thursday, just a month after a string of explosions rocked the disputed city. The first improvised explosive device (IED) detonated Read More …
In a shocking incident, a lightning strike triggered serial IED blasts at Samri in Balrampur district, about 370 km north of Raipur, Chhattisgarh on Sunday. However, no casualties were reported. The IEDs were planted by Naxal terrorists targeting security forces. Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur Read More …
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Wednesday it has killed a suspected member of the Islamic State (IS) group who was plotting a terrorist attack in the city of Saratov in southwestern Russia. The suspect has acquired components for Read More …
China donated mine-clearance equipment, vans, and motorcycles to the Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA) on Monday. The donation included mine detectors, demining personal protective equipment outfits and helmets, exploding initiators, vans, and motorcycles, among others. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Read More …
The Angolan government has pledged $60 million to clear landmines in two national parks that form part of southern Africa’s highly biodiverse Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area. The country’s environment minister, Paula Coelho, made the announcement June 17 at a conference Read More …
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes a new contribution of CAD 5 million (approximately USD 3.75 million) from the Government of Canada to facilitate and enhance gender mainstreaming initiatives in the mine action sector, while simultaneously developing institutional Read More …
A project has been launched to commemorate the Royal Navy and British Army heroes who do one of the most difficult and dangerous jobs in the Armed Forces. Amazingly, there is no National Memorial to remember these courageous and highly Read More …
A premature Improvised Explosive Device explosion has killed a group of four Taliban mine planters in Ghazni province. The 203rd Thunder Corps in a statement said the incident took place in the restive Andar district of Ghazni. The statement further Read More …
The Afghan Special Forces killed a Taliban fighter during an operation in Washer district of Helmand. The informed military sources said Monday that the Special Forces also detained 3 Taliban militants during the operation. Meanwhile, the Special Forces killed 5 Read More …
A coalition airstrike in Herat province killed a Taliban IED maker and wounded another Taliban group member. The 207th Zafar Corps in a statement said the coalition forces conducted an airstrike in Azizabad Village of Zawal district in Herat. The Read More …
Security forces today killed a top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) expert in Uri area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district when he was trying to ex-filitrate. A joint operation was launched by Army’s 6 JAKLI regiment, Read More …
The Police in Anambra State has recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) manufactured with shrapnel glued together with cement concrete and connected with two wires. Tribune Online gathered that the device which was extended to a nearby bush was detected Read More …
The security forces killed 7 Taliban militants during the operations in Helmand and Uruzgan provinces. The informed military sources said Saturday that the Afghan Special Forces killed 2 Taliban militants during an operation in Helmand province. The Special Forces conducted Read More …
Over the past seven months, armed groups across Western Niger have executed a series of IED attacks – a first in the area’s ongoing insurgency. The increasing use of IEDs by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) in the Read More …
Army personnel travelling in mine-proof vehicle targeted Eight Army personnel and two civilians were injured when militants triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) fitted in a vehicle near an Army patrol in the militancy-hit Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Read More …
Improvised Explosives Devices (IED) have long been, and remain, the weapon of choice for terrorists and insurgents due to the ease of their manufacture, employment, and destructive potential, as shown by the attacks that have occurred around the world in Read More …