India: Haryana CID’s bomb detection team 2nd in counter-IED exercise

The six-day national counter-IED exercise was held to test the capabilities of the state and central police forces; eight police teams from Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Border Security Force and Assam Rifles participated in the Read More …

India: Tamil Nadu Police asks courier companies to deploy sniffer dogs

The Tamil Nadu Police have directed the courier companies and parcel service companies in the state to deploy the services of trained sniffer dogs in their warehouses and godowns. This comes after information emanated that the Coimbatore car blast case Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Two IEDs defused in Kulgam

Police and army have averted a major tragedy by defusing two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday, officials said. A spokesman of Kulgam Police said on Twitter that the IEDs were planted in the Frisal Read More …

Cambodia: 11 nations attend NPMEC demining training course

The National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces, Mines and Explosive Remnants of War Clearance (NPMEC) has launched the ASEAN and Regional Mine Clearance and Minefield Technical Training for UN peacekeeping missions which saw the participation of 11 countries. General Sem Sovanny, Read More …

Pakistan: Suicide blast kills 2, injures 3 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

In an unfortunate incident, a suicide blast has claimed two lives, while injuring three at Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. According to police reports, a suicide bomber entered a peace committee office in the province and blew himself up killing two. Read More …

India: Child dies in bomb explosion in West Bengal

A nine-year-old girl died in a crude bomb explosion at Minakhan in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening and the police on Thursday arrested her uncle Abul Hussain Gayen for storing crude bombs in Read More …

Afghanistan: Prisoner transport vehicle explosion leaves 5 injured in Takhar province

According to the source, this explosion took place on Wednesday, November 16, before noon, on 3rd Gudam Street, in front of the court gate of Taleqan city, the provincial capital of Takhar. The domestic media outlets also reported that the Read More …

Afghanistan: Blast injures 5 civilians in Mazar-i-Sharif

Five people, all civilians, were injured after a hand-grenade exploded in Mazar-i-Sharif city, capital of northern Balkh province on Tuesday, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said on Wednesday. Confirming the accident, the official said that unidentified men threw a Read More …

Maldives arrests 14 for alleged Islamic State-tied bomb plot

Police in Maldives have arrested 14 people allegedly working with foreign Islamic extremists to carry out a bombing in the tiny archipelago state, police said. The suspects had been working with the Islamic State group and apparently planning an attack Read More …

India: ISIS module busted in Chennai, 18 detained and interrogated

On November 15, Tamil Nadu Police busted an ISIS terror module in Chennai. As per reports, 18 suspects were detained and interrogated by the police over alleged terror links. The police conducted multiple raids and searched the premises of at Read More …

Egypt: Senior officer, three pro-government militia allies killed in North Sinai

An IED blast claimed the lives of a senior officer and three members of a Bedouin pro-government militia on Sunday, in the latest attack on security forces in the restive North Sinai. Militants belonging to the Islamic State group remain Read More …

Bangladesh: One wounded in crude bomb explosions at Uttara, two held

One person was wounded in crude bomb explosions at a multistory apartment building in the city’s Uttara area Friday afternoon. Police detained two persons-Sihab and injured Habib from the spot. The incident took place around 1:15pm at a residential building Read More …

India: Security forces seize eight IEDs in Chaibasa

Chaibasa Police along with CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) and Jharkhand Jaguar, recovered eight IEDs from the Tonto police station area in a joint operation, said police. “Each of these IEDs weighs around 2 kg. These were planted by Naxals Read More …

Pakistan: Two soldiers killed in Balochistan IBO

The soldiers were martyred during an exchange of fire with terrorists, which occurred by establishing blocking positions by the security forces, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release. “An intelligence-based operation (IBO) commenced in general area of Read More …

UNDOC: Opium cultivation in Afghanistan

Since the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban in August 2021, opium cultivation increased by 32%, or 56,000 hectares, compared to the previous year. This represents the third largest area under cultivation since the beginning of systematic monitoring. The area Read More …

Nepal: Two girls killed and three other children seriously injured in IED explosion in Kalikot

Two girls, both aged four, died in an explosion of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Ranabada of Tilagupha Municipality-10 in Kalikot district on Saturday. Three other children sustained serious injuries in the blast. The incident happened at around 8am. According Read More …