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 …

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 …

Somalia: Bomb blast kills at least six in Hiran province

At least six people were killed and several wounded Thursday in a bomb blast in Somalia’s central state of Hirshabele. A police officer in Jowhar, the administrative capital of Hirshabele, told the Turkish news agency that the attack involved a 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 …

Mozambique: Police Collect 33 Explosive Devices in Sofala

The Mozambican Police (PRM) has collected 33 military explosive devices in Beira city and the neighbouring district of Dondo, in the central province of Sofala, following the death last week of one person and injury of two others as the Read More …

Somalia: Deadly truck explosion hits checkpoint in Beledweyne town

The death toll in a truck bomb explosion in the central Somali town of Beledweyne has risen to 18, a top regional official has said, as the Horn of Africa nation battles armed groups. Abdirahman Dahir Gure, the interior minister Read More …

Ukraine: Car explodes on explosives in Kyiv region, driver killed

A man was killed in the Kyiv region as a result of a car exploding an explosive device. The State Emergency Service reported on Telegram. On September 20, rescuers received a report of a forest fire between two settlements of Read More …

Afghanistan: 120 killed in due to mine explosions last year

The Head of Coordination and Mine Clearance reported a grim statistic for 2023, revealing that 120 people have died, while another 250 individuals have injuries due to mine explosions and unexploded ordnance in the country. This alarming toll underscores the Read More …

Top UN official calls for immediate halt to cluster bomb use

A top official of the United Nations Mine Action Service has appealed to the world to stop using cluster munitions. UNMAS director Ilene Cohn spoke to NHK on Friday while visiting Tokyo. Both Russia and Ukraine have been using cluster Read More …

US to conduct new interviews into the deadly 2021 bombing at Kabul airport

The United States military has announced it will conduct interviews with service members about the events leading up to a deadly suicide bombing near Kabul’s airport in August 2021, when the country was withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan. On Friday, Read More …

UNICEF decries increased deaths of children from landmines in Somalia

The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has expressed concern about increased deaths and serious injuries to children involved in landmine explosions which have claimed at least 30 lives since June in Somalia. Nejmudin Kedir Bilal, acting UNICEF representative in Somalia, said Read More …

Mali: Attack on boat, army base kills at least 49 civilians, 15 soldiers

Armed groups have attacked a passenger boat and military camp in Mali, killing at least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers, according to the country’s armed forces. Approximately 50 assailants were also killed in the attack. “On September 7, 2023, at Read More …

ISIS-K is waging a new war in Afghanistan, this time against China

By the time the bombs went off inside the Kabul Longan Hotel on the afternoon of Dec. 12, 2022, the armed insurgents had already filmed their last words. Cradling pistols and posing beside a lounge chair heaped with ammunition, grenades, Read More …

Russia submits to UN detailed info on Ukraine’s use of Lepestok mines

Russia on Monday submitted to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and to the UN Security Council president the details on the use by Ukraine of Lepestok anti-personnel mines against civilian targets in Donbass, said Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the Read More …

Why France faces so much anger in West Africa

It all started so positively. Where have things gone wrong? Why does France now appear so unpopular in Africa? French President Emmanuel Macron has increased aid to the continent, begun the return of cultural artefacts stolen during the colonial wars Read More …

The Victims of Agent Orange the U.S. Has Never Acknowledged

The main focus of the War Legacies Project is to document the long-term effects of the defoliant known as Agent Orange and provide humanitarian aid to its victims. Named for the colored stripe painted on its barrels, Agent Orange — Read More …

Uighurs fighting in Syria take aim at China

Since 2013, thousands of Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority from western China, have traveled to Syria to train with the Uighur militant group Turkistan Islamic Party and fight alongside al-Qaida, playing key roles in several battles. Syrian President Bashar Assad’s Read More …

Ukraine: Widespread Use of Cluster Munitions

(Berlin) – Ukrainian government forces used cluster munitions in populated areas in Donetsk city in early October 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. The use of cluster munitions in populated areas violates the laws of war due to the indiscriminate Read More …