5 children killed in N. Afghan explosion: official

Five Afghan children were dead after a Taliban’s improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in the country’s northern Faryab province on Sunday, a local source said. “The blast occurred after one of the victims step on a pressure-plate IED in a Read More …

Pakistan: Two constables injured in DI Khan IED blast

At least two police constables were seriously injured while the vehicle was partially damaged in an IED blast in the limits of Kulachi police station in the Dera Ismail Khan on Saturday, the local police told The Express Tribune over the phone. Read More …

Suicide attack in Jalalabad city leaves 18 dead or wounded including 6 children

A suicide attack in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of Nangarhar killed or wounded at least 18 people including six children. The provincial government in a statement said a suicide bomber targeted the Special Forces of the 02 Unit in Read More …

Philippines: Blast hits outside Sulu mayor’s house

An explosion struck outside the house of Pangutaran, Sulu Mayor Asri Taib in Barangay Canelar Moret, Zamboanga City on Thursday morning (October 24). According to Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM) Spokesperson Maj. Arvin Encinas, it was only a minor explosion with no casualties Read More …

Improvised Explosives Kill Seven Insurgents, Injure Eight Others

Seven Boko Haram insurgents have been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) laid by them against Nigerian Army troops at Lamba’a Forest along Jakana – Mainok Road in Borno State. Also, eight others sustained severe injuries when their vehicle Read More …

Afghanistan: Car bomb explosion leaves 2 dead, many others wounded in Laghman province

A car bomb explosion left at least 2 dead and many others wounded in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Interior confirmed that the militants detonated a car bomb close to police headquarters of Alisheng district earlier today, Read More …

Pakistan: Cop killed in Quetta IED blast, 10 injured

At least one policeman was martyred and 10 people, including five policemen, injured in an attack on a police vehicle at Quetta’s Double Road area on Tuesday. Initial reports suggest that unknown assailants targetted the police van through an improvised explosive Read More …

Kenya: 11 police officers killed in a deadly blast in Liboi, Garissa County

Eleven security personnel from the elite General Service Unit were Saturday killed in a deadly blast after their vehicle ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the Degoh Road, Liboi, Garissa County. Their vehicle was extensively damaged in the Read More …

Improvised bomb goes off near Russian military police patrol in Syria

An improvised explosive device went off on the way of a Russian military police patrol in Syria’s Daraa governorate, chief of the Russian Center for reconciliation of the conflicting sides in SyriaAlexey Bakin said on Friday, TASS reported. “At 10:25am on Read More …

Philippines: IED explodes inside Bilibid’s maximum security compound

An improvised explosive device (IED) suddenly went off while authorities were demolishing illegal structures inside the maximum security compound (MaxSeCom) of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on Friday morning. Police Major General Guillermo Eleazar, regional director of Read More …

Four police officers killed in landmine attack in Mogadishu

At least four police officers have been killed and three others wounded after their vehicle hit a landmine at Siinka Dheer area outside the capital, Mogadishu. Sources told SomaliAffairs that the police vehicle blew up after it hit an improvised Read More …

Secretary-General condemns attacks on UN peacekeepers in Mali

The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned two separate attacks on Sunday against the organization’s Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) which left one peacekeeper dead and four others injured. A blue helmet from Chad was killed and three others Read More …

Blast Kills 6 In Kapisa, Women and Children

At least six members of the same family were killed by a roadside IED blast on Tuesday in Kapisa province, according to local officials. Two children and four women were killed in Baies Khail village of Najrab district in Kapisa Read More …

Three killed, including opposition politician, in blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan province

A blast in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan killed three, including an opposition political leader, on Saturday afternoon, police and officials said. Maulana Mohamad Hanif, Deputy Secretary General of the opposition party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), was among those killed in Read More …

Explosion near polling station as Afghans vote for new president

An explosion has occurred near a polling station in the Afghan city of Kandahar just an hour after voters began queuing to cast their vote to elect a new president. A senior provincial government official said three people were injured Read More …

Pakistan: Two soldiers injured in South Waziristan IED blast

Two security personnel sustained serious injuries in a blast in South Waziristan tribal district on Thursday, local sources said. The sources said an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded near Dashka check post in Makeen area of South Waziristan due to Read More …

Explosion hits riot police bus in southern Turkey; 5 wounded

Turkey’s official news agency says a bomb exploded in southern Adana province, wounding five people. The governor’s office in Adana said Wednesday the explosion went off as a riot police bus passed. The statement said a police officer was among Read More …