Pakistan: Lieutenant among three soldiers killed in IED blast in North Waziristan

Three soldiers including a Lieutenant of Pakistan Army were martyred and three others sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in North Waziristan on Thursday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the blast Read More …

Pakistan: Three Dir policemen injured in targeted bomb attack

The police reported on Monday that three officers were injured when Haya Serai station’s mobile van was hit by an improvised explosive device in the Maidan area. The mobile van had been on a routine patrol, they said, while adding Read More …

Afghanistan: 3 Security Force Members Killed in Taliban Attack in Paktia

At least three security force members were killed and five were wounded after gunmen stormed a public protection forces unit compound in Gardez city, capital of Paktia province, local police said on Tuesday. The police said that the attack started Read More …

13 civilians killed in Afghanistan IED explosion

Thirteen civilians, including six children, were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province on Friday, an official said. “The victims – six children, two women and five men – were admitted to the Spin Boldak Read More …

UN convoy hit by explosion in northern Iraq

The United Nations said one of its convoys was hit by an explosion Wednesday in northern Iraq; there were few other details. Two UN employees were reported injured. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, who heads the UN’s Iraq mission, told the UN Security Read More …

Afghanistan: Balkh Blast Claims 2, Injures 35 Civilians

At least two civilians are killed and further 35 injured, as a vehicle fully loaded with Improvised Explosive Devices went off early Tuesday morning near veterinary clinic in Balkh district of Balkh province, said Shaheen Military Corps head Mohammad Hanif Read More …

Cameroon: Boko Haram Suicide Bombers Strike Displacement Site

The Islamist armed group Boko Haram used apparent child suicide bombers in an unlawful attack on a site for displaced people in the Far North region of Cameroon, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack, carried out overnight between August Read More …

Philippines: Twin explosions hit Jolo, killing at least 14

Twin explosions have ripped through a town in a restive region of the southern Philippines, killing at least 14 people and wounding 75. Military officials said two bombs went off within an hour of each other in Jolo, Sulu province, Read More …

Iraq: At least four civilians wounded in Kirkuk IED attack

At least four civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in the city of Kirkuk on Sunday, security forces have said. The explosion took place while a Shiite religious procession for the holy Ashura period was being Read More …

Kabul magnetic bombs rattle the city

Three magnetic bombs exploded in three different locations around Kabul city on Saturday early morning causing casualties, officials confirmed. Initial explosion took place in Sarak-e-Naw area of Chehlsotoon at around 6:30, a magnetic mine was placed in a private Toyota Read More …

Salman and Hashem Abedi: The brothers who bombed Manchester

So how did Salman and Hashem Abedi come to attack the city they’d grown up in by bombing an Ariana Grande concert in 2017? The trial of Hashem Abedi has given us many of the details but still not the Read More …

Education Official Killed in Kabul Blast

The incident happened in PD5 of Kabul city after a magnetic mine placed on Mr Amin’s vehicle exploded. His driver was also wounded, the statement said. This was one of two separate magnetic mine blasts in Kabul city on Wednesday Read More …

Afghanistan: 2 Security Force Members Killed, 11 Wounded in Baghlan Blast

At least two security force personnel affiliated with the National Directorate of Security (NDS) were killed, and 11 people–including civilians–were wounded in a roadside mine blast in northern Baghlan province, a security source said. The incident happened around10:00am local time Read More …

Russian general killed, two servicemen wounded in Syria explosion

A military adviser in the rank of a major-general was killed in an explosion in Syria while two servicemen were wounded, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday. An improvised roadside bomb exploded 15 km from the city of Deir ez-Zor Read More …

Canada: Fatal car blast in downtown Kitchener possibly caused by IED, police say

One person is dead after a car explosion in front of the courthouse in downtown Kitchener Friday morning. The Waterloo Regional Police Service said Friday afternoon the explosion “appears to be the result of a suspected improvised explosive device.” Police Read More …