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At least one civilian was killed and three more injured in a bomb attack in northwestern Syria on Tuesday, local sources said. Terrorists blew up an explosives-laden vehicle in an industrial zone in the city of al-Bab, according to the Read More …
At least one civilian was killed and four others injured in a car bombing in northwestern Syria on Sunday, according to local sources. The terrorists attacked the Jinderes town of Afrin which was cleared of terrorists in Turkey’s Operation Olive Read More …
At least one civilian was killed and 12 others injured in a bomb blast in northern Syria on Saturday, local sources said. Terrorists blew up an explosives-laden vehicle in a crowded market in Cobanbey town in Aleppo province, the sources Read More …
The elite trained Danab forces have destroyed vehicle laden with explosives during an operation in the Lower Shabelle province. “They were planning massive operations and suicide car bombings against the people of Somalia,’’ Ahmed Abdullahi Nur, commander of the US-trained Read More …
Afghan National Army prevented a car bomb attack in Shireen-Tagab district of Faryab province today. Taliban wanted to blow up a car which had been loaded with explosives in the Shireen-Tab market. The car was identified by ANA and it Read More …
Five people were killed and nine others were wounded including the provincial Ulema Council head in a car bomb blast in central Kapisa province on Sunday. Abdul ShayiqShurash, police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the dead included three religious Read More …
A car bomb targeting workers of a Turkish company killed four people including one Turkish citizen on Saturday in Somalia, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said. The company’s staff were working on the construction of a road between Mogadishu and Afgoye, northwest Read More …
Officials in Afghanistan say a car bomb went off in Kabul on Sunday, killing at least nine people and injuring 20 others. A member of the national parliament, Khan Mohammad Wardak, was apparently the target of the bombing in the Read More …
A car bomb exploded near the Daman district police HQ and the governor’s compound in southern Kandahar, wounding over 30 people–and at least 22 civilians–and the police chief, local officials said. At least nine police including the chief Abdul Wadoud, Read More …
Introduction – Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) A VBIED is a vehicle which contains and delivers an explosive device to a target. The vehicle may be old or new, inexpensive or valuable, liveried or plain, blend into most situations and Read More …
At least two people were killed and five wounded, including soldiers, Tuesday when a car bomb blast targeted an official in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials said. The bomb attack went off near the Sinka Dher intersection in Mogadishu. “The Read More …
The Somali National Army (SNA) has said they thwarted two car bomb attacks by defusing an improvised explosive device (IED) placed in the vehicles in Southern Somalia on Monday. The military said a Nissan minibus and black Suzuki vehicles abandoned Read More …
The Taliban militants suffered heavy casualties while preparing a car bomb for a deadly attack in south-eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan. The 203rd Thunder Corps in a statement said the Taliban militants were placing explosives inside a vehicle which they Read More …
At least two Afghan security force members were killed and six more wounded as a result of two separate car bomb blasts in the southern province of Helmand, local officials have said. The officials said that the Taliban intended to Read More …
Somalia’s military commander-in-chief narrowly escaped a car bombing on Monday that killed at least one person and ten others wounded in Mogadishu’s Hodan district. The commander general Odawa Yussuf Rageh was coming from the ministry of defense after a car Read More …
Zakia Hussein, deputy police commander confirmed that no one was injured in the attack. The VBIED went off near the security checkpoint at KM4 junction. “The driver of the VBIED has been apprehended and there were no casualties resulting from Read More …
Key point: Insurgents and weak forces with low budgets often come up with improvised weapons to maximize damage. That includes both suicide attacks and armored vehicles. In the early 2000s, the video game Command & Conquer: Generals included a playable terrorist faction Read More …
A car bomb explosion has killed 17 people and wounded 20 others near a Syrian border town seized by Turkey-backed forces last month, the Turkish defence ministry said on Tuesday. The bomb struck Tel Halaf village, west of the town Read More …
At least 10 people were killed and 25 wounded when a car bomb exploded on Saturday in a Syrian border town seized by Turkish-backed forces last month, witnesses and a rescuer said. Tel Abyad was one of two border towns Read More …
At least 12 people have been killed — including a U.S. and a Romanian soldier — and dozens more injured when a car bomb struck a checkpoint on September 5 in a neighborhood of Kabul that houses the embassies, government Read More …