India: Two injured, including CRPF Jawan, in grenade attack near Manipur minister’s house

A CFPF Jawan was among two persons who were injured in a hand grenade explosion near the residence of Manipur minister Khemchand Yumnam in Imphal West district, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred at Yumnam Leikai, at around 10 Read More …

Pakistan Minerals Development Corporation official killed in IED blast in Quetta

The manager of the Pakistan Minerals Development Corporation (PMDC) was killed in a targeted improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in the Sorange area of Quetta on Sunday morning. Local police reported that Shabahat Mirza’s vehicle was struck by the IED Read More …

Pakistan: Policeman killed in attack on mobile vehicle in Buner

A policeman was martyred and another injured when their mobile was attacked with a remote-controlled bomb on the Elum Mountain in Buner district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Police and security forces were carrying out a search operation against terrorist on the Read More …

India: Five children injured in bomb blast at Bengal’s Duttapukur

Five school kids in Duttapukur of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district were injured as a crude bomb they were playing with detonated on Friday afternoon, police said. According to the local police, the blast occurred while the kids were Read More …

Vietnam: Military defuses 337-kg bomb in Quang Binh province

A military task force on Wednesday defused a 337-kg bomb left over from the Vietnam War in a forest in Quang Binh Province. The U.S. multi-purpose bomb had a M112 demolition charge. It was discovered by locals in a melaleuca forest Read More …

Philippines: PNP detonates 362 lbs. of explosives in Tarlac ops

Bomb technicians of the Philippine National Police-Explosive Ordnance Division (PNP-EOD) disposed of some 362 lbs. of explosives seized in various operations. In a statement Wednesday, the PNP-EOD said the explosives were disposed of in a “critical disposal mission” at Col. Read More …

Afghanistan: Mine explosion kills two children in Jawzjan

Local government officials in Jowzjan province have tragically confirmed the loss of two children due to a devastating mine explosion, and another child was injured due to the incident. Abdul Satar Haleemi, the spokesperson for Jowzjan police, informed the media Read More …

Cambodia: CMAA warns of UXO’s risk during floods

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has alerted the public to be aware of the danger of buried landmines being exposed during floods. In a notification, CMAA First Vice-President Ly Thuch noted that during and after floods, Read More …

Yemeni soldier killed, others hurt in Houthi drone attack in Saada

A Yemeni government soldier was killed and several others were injured in a Houthi drone attack in the northern province of Saada on Saturday, the second such incident in a week. Hadi Tarshan, governor of Saada, told Arab News that Read More …

Türkiye: Two police officers injured in Ankara terror attack

Two police officers were slightly injured at 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) when one of the two terrorists on Sunday morning blew himself up in front of the General Directorate of Security in the Turkish capital of Ankara, the interior Read More …

Pakistan: At least 5 killed, 12 wounded in ‘twin blasts’ in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

At least five people were killed while 12 sustained injuries when two suicide blasts rocked a mosque located inside the premises of the Doaba police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu on Friday, according to KP interim Information Minister Feroze Jamal. Read More …

Pakistan: At least 52 killed, scores injured in suicide blast near 12th Rabiul Awwal procession in Mastung

At least 52 people, including a police officer, were killed while around 50 were injured in what officials believe was a suicide blast near a Rabiul Awwal procession in Balochistan’s Mastung district on Friday. “The bomber detonated himself near the Read More …

India: One CRPF jawan killed in IED blasts in West Singhbhum

One CRPF jawan was killed and an inspector-ranked officer was injured in IED blasts which took place during an anti-insurgency operation under the Tonto Thana area in West Singhbhum on Thursday afternoon. The victims who were of the CRPF’s 209 Read More …

Pakistan: Car-bomb plot foiled in Quetta

The law-enforcement agencies on Wednesday foiled an attempt to carry out a car-bomb attack in the city and seized an explosives-laden car from a parking lot near a police station in the Eastern Bypass area. “Over 35 kilograms of high Read More …

Thai Cabinet approves $30,000 in aid for ARMAC

Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved $30,000 in operational costs for the ASEAN Regional Mine Action Centre (ARMAC) in Phnom Penh for the period 2024 to 2026. The three-year aid announcement was made ahead of Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s first Read More …

Pakistan: 8 people killed after a rocket launcher shell explodes at a home in southern Sindh province

A shell of a rocket launcher apparently accidentally exploded at a home in a remote village in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, including women and children, police said. At least two people were also wounded in Read More …

Afghanistan: Two shepherds killed in landmine explosion in Faryab

Provincial authorities in Faryab report that two young shepherds lost their lives due to the explosion of a landmine in the Grizwan district of this province. The incident occurred Monday in the Grizwan district when the two shepherds, a 12-year-old boy Read More …

Yemen: Explosion kills 5 soldiers during patrol

An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated during a Yemeni military patrol in the turbulent southern province of Abyan, killing at least five soldiers. The local security official said on condition of anonymity that the attack took place on Sunday night Read More …

Pakistan: CAA, others told to confirm if explosive detectors have been upgraded

The Sindh High Court has directed the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and others to file comments with regard to the upgradation of explosive detector devices for improvising safety and security measures at airports, aerodromes, aircraft and civil aviation installations/parking areas. Read More …

Cambodia: 14-nation ‘Pure Homeland’ mine drill concludes

Cambodia concluded the first international humanitarian mine action exercise themed “Pure Homeland 2023” conducted within the framework of the ASEAN Defence Ministers-Plus on Friday. The first-of-its-kind multinational exercise, that began on September 13 at the Multinational Peacekeeping Force Training School Read More …