Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties while preparing a car bomb for a deadly attack

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 …

Afghanistan: 2 Security Personnel Killed in Helmand Amid Increased Violence

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 army chief escapes car bomb attack in Mogadishu

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 …

Somali police arrest suspect in Mogadishu car bombing

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 …

How ISIS Used Make-Shift Armored Cars to Carry out Suicide Bombings

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 …

Taliban Claims Deadly Bomb Attack In Kabul; Two NATO Troops Killed

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 …

56 killed, wounded in back to back explosions in Kabul city

Three consecutive blasts in Kabul city left 11 people dead and 45others wounded, the Ministry of Public Health said. Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said the explosions killed 11 civilians and wounded 45 others. Furthermore, Rahimi Read More …

Afghan forces thwart militants bid to detonate a car bomb in Jalalabad city

The Afghan forces thwarted militants bid to detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Jalalabad city of Nangarhar. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the security forces discovered the car bomb during an operation in Mohmandara district. Read More …

12 killed, at least 96 wounded including dozens of school children in Ghazni car bombing

A car bomb explosion in south-eastern Ghazni province claimed the lives of at least 12 people and wounded at least 96 others. The local officials confirmed that a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb close to an intelligence compound in Read More …

Taliban attack in Kabul kills 16, wounds dozens of children

The Taliban detonated a powerful car bomb in an area of Afghanistan‘s capital housing military and government buildings, killing at least 16 people, the country’s interior ministry told Al Jazeera. The bomb went off during the morning rush hour in Kabul when the Read More …

Afghan forces thwart militants bid to carry out a deadly car bomb attack in Kabul city

The Afghan security forces have thwarted militants bid to carry out a deadly car bomb attack in Kabul city, the Ministry of Interior announced Monday. According to a statement released by MoI, the Afghan security forces conducted a targeted raid Read More …

Somalia: Al-Shabaab Claims Attack On Government Building in Mogadishu

Somali militant group al-Shabab has launched yet another complex attack in the capital, Mogadishu, witnesses, and officials say. A car bomb blast rocked the Shangani district of Mogadishu early Saturday. Witnesses said the explosion targeted a building housing the ministries 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 …

Police thwart militants bid to detonate a large oil tanker in Kabul

The Afghan National Police (ANP) forces thwarted militants bid to detonate a large oil tanker in Kabul city, the Kabul Security Commandment said. According to a statement released by Kabul Police Commandment, the police discovered and defused a magnetic bomb Read More …