Fourth industrial revolution driving the sophistication of IEDs

The fourth industrial revolution (IR) has bought about cyber-physical systems that are changing the landscape of war between state and non-state actors. Smart robotics, autonomous vehicles, materials that are lighter and tougher mean that for the first time non-state adversaries Read More …

Kabul Police foil explosion by defusing explosives-laden bicycle

The Kabul Police foiled an explosion by discovering defusing an explosives-laden bicycle in Kabul city. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a statement that the police force discovered the explosives-laden bicycle in the 10th district of Kabul city. The Read More …

Yemen: roadside bombing kills 2 in Abyan

On Saturday, at least two Yemeni security members were murdered in a roadside bombing in the nation’s southern province of Abyan, a government official informed Xinhua. The source stated in condition of secrecy, “An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) placed by Read More …

Afghanistan: Attack on TV channel van kills 2

An improvised explosive device targeting a private TV channel van killed two people in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Sunday, an official confirmed. Nusrat Rahimi, Interior Ministry spokesman, told Anadolu Agency the van was blown up by a magnetic IED attached Read More …

Afghanistan: Roadside IED blast kills 34 bus passengers

A major roadside landmine blast in Farah, western Afghanistan, bordering Iran, killed at least 34 people on Wednesday morning, an official confirmed. A passenger bus coming from the neighboring Herat province hit a roadside improvised explosive device around 8.00 a.m. Read More …

Afghan Special Forces destroy house-borne IED in Kandahar province

The Afghan Special Forces destroyed a house-borne improvised explosive device during an operation in southern Kandahar province. The military officials said Monday that the Special Forces destroyed a house bomb in Maiwand district. The officials further added that the Special Read More …

Dissident republicans ‘lure police to deadly explosive booby-trap near a bus stop in Northern Ireland

Dissident republicans are believed to have lured police to a bomb disguised as a fired mortar near a bus stop in Northern Ireland on Friday. The explosive, found on a footpath in Craigavon, Co Armagh, was set up to detonate if moved or touched, the Police Service Read More …

Two North Carolina bomb squad agents injured after explosive materials blew-up during the search of a man’s home

Two North Carolina bomb squad agents were injured during the search of a man’s home after he was pulled over for having homemade explosives in his car. The State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) agents were assisting Sampson County Sheriff’s Office Read More …

Somalia: Suicide attack by Al-Shabaab kills 6 in Mogadishu

A female suicide bomber detonated herself in the office of the Mogadishu’s mayor, killing six officials and badly wounding Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman, local media reported on Wednesday. “Sabah Abdullahi Mohamed, the commissioner of Abdulaziz district and her Waberi district Read More …

Afghan forces thwart militants deadly plot to target Baghlan University students

The Afghan forces thwarted a deadly plot by anti-government armed militants to target the university students in northern Baghlan province. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the security forces discovered and defused an improvised explosive which the 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 …

Pakistan: Nine people killed in complex attack involving female suicide bomber

At least nine people have been killed and 30 others were injured in Pakistan after a complex attack involving a suicide bomber, believed to be a woman wearing a burqa. The bomber struck outside a hospital as the wounded were Read More …

Six injured as IED explodes in North Waziristan

Six people were seriously injured, including four security personnel and two civilians as an IED exploded on Datta Khel area road on Saturday, security sources disclosed to The Express Tribune over the phone. Security forces were deployed to control and Read More …

Taliban mine planters blown up by own IED in Paktiya province

A premature Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion killed three mine planters of Taliban in south-eastern Paktiya province. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the explosion took place on a highway in Afzal Khel area of Ahmadabad district. Read More …

Bishnupur: IED defused

A team of Manipur Police Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad has safely defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) found by the personnel of 42 Assam Rifles, Sendra post beneath the culvertthat connects Moirang and Tronglaobi while patrolling, this morning. To Read More …