Pakistan: Motorcycle blast in Quetta injures 10 including security personnel

A roadside explosion near Jan Muhammad Road in Balochistan’s Quetta on Friday injured 10 people, including a security personnel, the police said. In a statement, the police said the explosive materials were strapped with a motorcycle. However, the investigation was Read More …

Pakistan: At least six people including JUI-S leader killed in suicide blast in madressah in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

At least six people, including JUI-S leader Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani, were killed and 15 injured when a suicide blast ripped through the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Nowshera district, according to officials. The blast tore through the Read More …

Pakistan: Faisalabad, Multan airports to get advanced screening system

The Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) will instal state-of-the-art explosive detection system (EDS) CT machines along with an advanced baggage handling system at Karachi, Multan, and Faisalabad airports. A spokesperson for the PAA said on Wednesday that the project was being Read More …

Indian Army procures critical CBRN defence equipment

Indian Army has signed a contract for procurement of 223 Automatic Chemical Agent Detection and Alarm (ACADA) systems, under the Buy Indian (IDDM) category. This will give a boost to the government’s Atamnirbharta drive since more than 80 per cent Read More …

India: CRPF foils Naxal attempt, defuses IED in beer bottle in Karnataka

In a swift operation, security forces averted a major threat by defusing an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted inside a beer bottle, allegedly placed by Naxals to target personnel patrolling the area. The explosive was discovered about 100 meters off Read More …

Pakistan: Six security personnel among 8 injured in Kalat IED blast

Eight people, including six security personnel were injured in bomb attack at a truck convoy of the guarded copper project in Mangochar area of Kalat district, on Monday. Official sources said that a convoy comprising 29 trucks carrying blaster copper Read More …

Government of Japan commits over $500,000 to MAG Vietnam

A new grant agreement worth $503,597 USD (equivalent to VND 12.5 billion) was signed today between the Government of Japan, represented by His Excellency Ambassador ITO Naoki, and MAG Vietnam to support mine action efforts in Quang Binh province. Since Read More …

Vietnam: Explosives found in teen’s bag at Đà Nẵng Airport

Security personnel at Đà Nẵng International Airport said on Monday they detected a young passenger attempting to carry explosive materials onto a domestic flight from Đà Nẵng to HCM City last month. During routine luggage screening at the domestic terminal Read More …

Thailand: Twenty-three people, including seven police officers, injured in bomb explosion in Yala

Twenty-three people, including seven police officers, were injured in a bomb explosion near a supermarket in Bannang Sata district, Yala province, on late Sunday. Bannang Sata Police chief Col. Pol. Ranon Surawit said the explosion occurred at 8.20pm local time Read More …

India: Indian Army, Assam Rifles recover arms, ammunitions, IEDs in multiple joint operations in Manipur

In a joint operation, the Indian Army and Assam Rifles confiscated eight weapons, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), ammunition and military equipment, whilst apprehending two members of militant groups. It apprehended two cadres from hill and valley-based groups and recovered eight Read More …

Cambodia: Two children die in UXO explosion in Siem Reap province

Two children have died in Siem Reap province, after a 66 mm shell exploded. Heng Ratana, the Royal Government Delegate in charge of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC), on the afternoon of February 22, 2025, stated that the two Read More …

Cambodia discovers, safely neutralizes another war-left U.S. aerial bomb MK-82

A Cambodia’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) expert team has found and safely neutralized another war-left U.S.-made MK-82 aerial bomb in southwest Kampong Speu province, a mine clearance chief said on Thursday. Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodian Mine Action Read More …

Vietnam: $1.9 billion Quang Ninh LNG power project calls for mine clearance bids

The $1.9 billion Quang Ninh LNG power plant, the first such facility in northern Vietnam, is inviting bids for the mines and explosives clearance package. In a Tuesday announcement, the project investor, Quang Ninh LNG Power JSC, said the bid Read More …

Russia continues mine clearance operation in eastern Laos

Over the past three months, Lao and Russian military bomb disposal experts have removed 285 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from a planned total area of ​​187,180 square metres in Viengxay district, Huaphan province. So far, 157,887 square metres of Read More …

Myanmar: Nine injured in landmine blast in Tanintharyi region

Nine people, including children, were injured in a landmine explosion in southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region on Tuesday (Feb 18). The attack carried out by terrorists occurred at around 2.10pm local time on Tuesday, when a light truck carrying civilians was Read More …

Japan: Man who attacked ex-PM Kishida with homemade pipe bomb is convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison

A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan’s former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison, court officials said. Ryuji Kimura, 25, was Read More …

Pakistan kills 30 Islamist militants near Afghan border

Pakistan’s army said on Tuesday it killed 30 Islamist militants in South Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan during an operation to clear the tribal district of the militants, who operate in both countries. The lawless tribal region, long a Read More …

Pakistan: Remote-controlled bomb blast in DI Khan kills two security personnel, injures six

A remote-controlled bomb blast in Tehsil Kulachi claimed the lives of two security personnel and left six others injured on Bypass Road near Loni Bridge. According to sources, the security forces’ vehicle was targeted by a bomb placed under the Read More …

India: CRPF CoBRA personnel injured in IED blast by Maoists in Bijapur district

A personnel of the CRPF’s CoBRA unit was injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Maoists went off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said on Saturday. The blast occurred on Friday evening when a team from the 202nd Read More …

Pakistan: IED defused near mosque adjacent to police station in Bannu

A locally made improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered from near a mosque on the premises of Ghoriwala Police Station here on Saturday. The timely intervention by the Bomb Disposal Unit averted a potential catastrophe. Police sources said that the Read More …