India: Tripura Police arrests IED expert with alleged links to Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen

Based on intelligence inputs, the Tripura police on Tuesday arrested one person having links with the terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen. The accused identified as Nazir Sheikh alias Nazir SK is an expert in making Improvised Explosive Device (IED). He is a resident Read More …

Maharashtra on high alert after blast near Mumbai; IED found on bus in Raigad

The Maharashtra state police are on high alert after a low intensity blast took place on a busy road near Mumbai on Wednesday and an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found on a state transport bus in Raigad district later Read More …

Major Killed While Trying to Defuse IED Near LoC in Nowshera Two Days After Pulwama Attack

A major-rank Army officer was killed in an IED blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu Kashmir’s Nowshera sector. The incident comes two days after the deadly Pulwama attack. According to news agency ANI, the major died while Read More …

At least 38 killed in deadliest attack on security forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir in 3 decades

 At least 38 paramilitary police officers were killed by a massive car bomb in Indian-controlled Kashmir in the worst attack on security personnel since the start of the insurgency in the disputed region three decades ago. The attack occurred Thursday Read More …

Rajpur: IED maker Maoist held

A hard-core Maoist who is an expert in making improvised explosive devices (IED) was arrested in Chatra district Friday and two IEDs were recovered from him, a police officer said here. Following a tip-off, a joint team of the CRPF and district police launched raids in a forest Read More …

Taliban bomb experts killed by Afghan forces in western province

Two Taliban bomb makers have been killed in a government forces’ operation in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah, authorities said Monday. “Two Taliban improvised explosive device (IED) making experts by the names of Mullah Noorddin and Mullah Vali were killed Read More …

Car bomber kills 10 in Colombia police academy attack

A car bomb exploded at a police academy in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding over 50 in an attack that prompted fears of a return to the country’s violent past. Authorities said the Read More …

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar sends IED expert to Kashmir to avenge killing of his nephews

Masood Azhar is the mastermind of the 2001 Parliament attack and the terror operation targeting the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot In an alarming development for the Indian security forces, latest media reports suggest that Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar has sent Abdul Read More …

4 Taliban militants blown up by own explosives in Kunduz province

At least four Taliban militants were blown up by own explosives in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, the Afghan military said Saturday. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North in a statement said the incident has Read More …

Local Taliban leader killed in N. Afghanistan airstrike

A key Taliban local leader has been killed following an airstrike in Afghanistan’s northern province of Jawzjan, authorities said Saturday. “Mohammad Wali was killed and three of his subordinates were wounded after Afghan Air Force launched an airstrike in Maymelike Read More …

Taliban IED expert’s wife, children killed by own bomb in Faryab

At least three family members of a Taliban group member was killed in an explosion triggered by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North in Read More …

U.S. airstrike target Taliban’s IED factory in Paktia province

The U.S. forces in Afghanistan have carried out an airstrike on Taliban factory which was used to manufacture improvised explosive devices, the local officials said. The provincial government media office in a statement said late on Monday that the airstrike Read More …

Mastermind of IED blast among two militants killed in Sopore

Two Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants including a mastermind of Sopore IED blast were killed on Thursday in an encounter that broke out in Chankipora area of Sopore town in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Both the slain militants as per the police Read More …

Man caught with bomb-making equipment jailed for 12 years

Peter Morgan, 35, had already started to assemble an explosive device with the potential to cause “horrific” injuries when he was caught with bomb-making equipment and manuals at his Edinburgh home. A court heard how he had been amassing a Read More …

Taliban Commander Killed While Building Bomb

At least three people were killed and 11 others were wounded in an explosion in Helmand province, local officials said Monday. The governor’s media office said in a statement the incident happened on Sunday while Baran, a Taliban commander, was Read More …

IED expert and 12 ISIS-K militants killed in Nangarhar province

An expert of the Improvised Explosive Devices and at least twelve ISIS Khurasan militants were killed in separate incidents in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The provincial government media office in a statement said a militant was killed while he Read More …

Afghan Army Captures IED Maker, Prevents Attack on School, Voting Center

The Afghan National Army’s 4th Brigade, 203rd Corps captured five improvised explosive device (IED) makers and a cache of bomb-making, in Logar Province, June 13. The successful operation began when the 4th Brigade’s intelligence section used its own Persistent Threat Read More …

ISIS Khurasan’s IED expert, in charge of urban attacks killed in Jalalabad city

A key ISIS Khurasan group member who was in charge of coordinating in the urban areas and expert in producing Improvised Explosive Devices was killed during an operation of the Afghan armed forces. According to the local officials, the key Read More …