Pakistan: Suspected militants burn girls’ school in North Waziristan, in third such attack this month

A group of militants used kerosine to set fire to a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books, police said Wednesday, in the latest in a surge in such attacks. No one was hurt Read More …

Yemen: US military MQ-9 Reaper drone goes down in Marib province

Another U.S. military MQ-9 Reaper drone went down in Yemen, images online purported to show Wednesday, as Yemen’s Houthi rebels continued attacks on shipping around the Red Sea over the Israel-Hamas war. It wasn’t immediately clear what brought down the Read More …

International community should mobilize efforts to eliminate landmine threat in Azerbaijan

Armenia-planted landmines countinue to kill and maim Azerbaijanis in recently liberated territories, Azernews reports citing the post shared by Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry on its official “X” account. “Despite extensive efforts, demining operations face many challenges due to Armenia’s refusal to Read More …

Vietnam: Wartime bomb safely detonated in Quang Binh

The military command of the central province of Quang Binh coordinated with the PeaceTrees Vietnam project to safely detonated a 334kg bomb left from the war on May 28. The bomb was discovered on May 27 by soldiers of infantry Read More …

Azerbaijan’s ANAMA employee injured in mine explosion in Aghdam

An investigation is underway on the mine incident in Aghdam resulting in the injury of an employee of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), the press service of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan told Trend. The Prosecutor’s Read More …

Pakistan: Man killed, two others injured in Bajaur blast

A man was killed and two others wounded when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device (IED) planted at a roadside in Mamund tehsil of Bajaur district on Monday. Police and locals said the incident occurred in Lara Bandagi area Read More …

Pakistan arrests 11 involved in attack on Chinese nationals

Pakistan’s National Counter-Terrorism Authority Coordinator Muhammad Tahir Rai said Sunday that security forces have arrested 11 suspects accused involved in an attack on Chinese nationals in March this year. Addressing a joint press conference here with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Read More …

Moving bombs

In the post-9/11 scenario, suicide bombing emerged as the deadliest and most popular terrorist strategy adopted by various groups around the world. After 9/11, there was an intensification in both the frequency and innovation of suicide bombings. Among these, the Read More …

Philippines: BIFF bomb-maker killed, IEDs seized in anti-terror operation

Soldiers killed a member of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and confiscated 26 improvised explosive devices in an air and ground anti-terror offensive in Barangay Butilen, Salibo town in Maguindanao del Sur on Saturday. Soldiers dispatched to clear the area Read More …

Indian Army thwarts IED attack in Manipur

In a significant achievement, alert and vigilant soldiers of the Indian Army averted a major incident by successfully diffusing three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Imphal East district. The IEDs were discovered on the road connecting Nongdam Tangkhul and Etham Read More …

India: Two women injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma

Two women sustained injuries when an improvised explosive device (IED), suspected to be planted by Maoists, detonated in Sukma district of on Sunday morning, police said. Sukma superintendent of police, Kiran G Chavan said that the incident took place in Read More …

Afghanistan: Head of Coordination, Cooperation, and Mine Clearance Calls Attention to Persistent Danger of UXO

Nooruddin Rustamkhil, head of Coordination, Cooperation, and Mine Clearance, stated that since the beginning of 2024, “nearly 50 people have been killed and more than 150 injured” due to landmines and other explosive materials. Rustamkhil told TOLOnews that “over 100 Read More …

Vietnam: VNMAC, UNDP, KOICA launch mine remediation project

The ceremony was co-organized by Vietnam National Mine Action Center (VNMAC) in coordination with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) under the support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). Attending the launching ceremony were Deputy Defense Minister, Senior Lieutenant Read More …

South Korea: Nerve agent powder discovered in passenger’s bag at Incheon Airport

Military authorities and police are analyzing nerve agent powder found at Incheon International Airport on Thursday. The nerve agent, or organophosphates, can poison people through airborne particles. According to the airport’s police, unidentified black powder was discovered in the carry-on bag Read More …

Yemen: Houthi Landmines Claim Lives, Livelihoods

Landmines laid by Houthi forces and others in Yemen continue to kill and cause serious injuries to civilians in areas where active hostilities have ceased and are preventing farmers from accessing their land, Human Rights Watch said today. Yemeni law Read More …

Cambodia: MK-82 aerial bomb safely defused in Svay Rieng province

A Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) expert team has discovered another war-left U.S.-made MK-82 aerial bomb in southeast Svay Rieng province, a mine clearance chief said on Tuesday. According to the official, since the start of the year, the EOD Read More …

Pakistan: Grenades hurled at Peshawar police post

Unidentified persons hurled three hand grenades on a police post in Jumma Khan Khwarh area in the jurisdiction of Nasir Bagh police station on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Sunday night. The city police said of the three Read More …

Afghanistan: Explosion kills one, injures three in Kandahar

Sources in Kandahar province, which had previously confirmed explosions in the province, say that this explosion also resulted in casualties. According to a source, on Monday, May 20, an explosion occurred at the ‘Kabul Station’ in the central district of Read More …

Azerbaijan: One civilian killed in landmine blast in Tartar

One civilian died as a result of a landmine explosion in Azerbaijan’s Tartar district, reads a joint statement from the Interior Ministry, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency (ANAM). On May 21, Arzu Hajiyev (born in Read More …

Yemen: Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim they shot down another US drone

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed on Tuesday they shot down an American drone over the impoverished Arab country. The U.S. military did not immediately acknowledge the claim. If confirmed, this would be the second MQ-9 Reaper drone downed Read More …