BISON COUNTER C-IED Exercises Capability Building project kicks off

BISON COUNTER, the largest and most relevant European Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED) exercise, will in the future be organised directly under the auspices of EDA instead of only benefitting from the Agency’s support, as in the past. To that Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: IED recovered on Srinagar-Baramulla highway, defused

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted on Srinagar-Baramulla highway near Putkha area of Sopore subdivision was recovered and defused by the security forces and police on Saturday morning. A police official said that the security forces from 52 Rashtriya Rifles Read More …

Philippines: Basilan bomb attack foiled

Government troopers foiled a bomb attack in Basilan yesterday as government troopers recovered three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by the roadside in Tipo-Tipo town. Personnel of the 18th Infantry Battalion and K9 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit discovered the Read More …

India: Two IEDs planted by Maoists destroyed by police in Chhattisgarh

Security forces have destroyed two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by the Maoists in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh on Thursday averting a threat to the lives of police forces. According to police, the IEDs were found planted on a road leading Read More …

India: 2 arrested with IED, 1.5kg RDX in Punjab’s Tarn Taran village

Police thwarted a possible terror attack and arrested two bike-borne men with an improvised explosive device (IED) packed with around 1.5kg of RDX following a tip-off at Naushehra Pannuan village in Tarn Taran district on Sunday. The IED, packed in Read More …

Afghanistan’s landmines threaten starvation as well as life and limb

As you drive along Afghanistan’s motorways, you have to deal with the culvert crater problem. In this mountainous country, prone to seasonal flash floods, most roads are undercut with drainage channels at 50-metre intervals. For much of the past two Read More …

Zutendaal bomb exercise aims to improve emergency response

ZUTENDAAL, Belgium – Members of U.S. Army Garrison Benelux’s emergency response team gathered with Belgian emergency responders to conduct an installation protection exercise at Zutendaal Army Depot March 30. The partnership aimed to gauge response time and coordination efforts between Read More …

Nigeria: Kaduna Police diffuse IED in Rigasa

The Kaduna Police Command said it on Thursday diffused an improvised Explosives’ Device in , Igabi Local Government Area of the Kaduna Metropolis. The police spokesperson Muhammed Jalige said the IED was planted in the area by yet to be Read More …

Pakistan: Bomb disposal squad defused a bomb in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber district

A bomb disposal squad defused a bomb in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber district on Friday. Residents of the Ghundi area informed the authorities that a suspicious pressure cooker pot was lying in a dry canal. The squad personnel rushed to Read More …

Pakistan: Security Forces Defused Magnetically Attached IED Planted In Vehicle At Balochistan University

A major terror bid has been foiled by the timely action of the law enforcement agencies in Quetta as they defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a vehicle parked at Balochistan University, ARY News reported on Thursday. The Read More …

Philippines: RCIED discovered, destroyed at Maguindanao power cooperative grounds

Ordnance experts on Thursday destroyed a home-made bomb found on the premises of the office of a power utility cooperative. The improvised explosive device left in the compound of the Maguindanao Electric Cooperative (Magelco) in Barangay Upper Capiton was fashioned Read More …

Iraq: Attack against a Global Coalition’s convoy thwarted in al-Diwaniyah

Iraqi Security Forces thwarted a roadside bomb attack against a Global Coalition’s convoy in al-Iskan area, al-Diwaniyah Governorate. The Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency in the Ministry of Interior discovered and defused two explosive devices planted alongside the highway in Read More …

Canada extends military operation in Ukraine for three years

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Wednesday the extension of Operation UNIFIER for three years, and the deployment of 60 more troops to Ukraine in the coming days. Trudeau made the announcement following a cabinet meeting, alongside Deputy Prime Minister Read More …

India: Joint security forces operation recover huge cache of arms, ammunition, IED in Manipur

Assam Rifles and Manipur Police recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Churachandpur district of Manipur on Tuesday. Joupi and Phundrei Battalions of Assam Rifles in a joint operation with Manipur Police foiled a major terrorist attack by Read More …

India: Ahead of R-Day, IED recovered from Ghazipur flower market

An improvised explosive device (IED) stuffed with RDX and ammonium nitrate was found inside an unattended bag at the Ghazipur flower market here today, but it was later defused, officials said. The explosive was kept in an iron box and Read More …

Mechanical Equipment in IED Clearance: Observations from Iraq

Mechanical equipment has been in the inventory of conventional military forces for the purposes of military engineering—including demining—since the Second World War. The integration of mechanical equipment into UNMAS Iraq clearance activities may have therefore seemed a natural evolution from Read More …

Nigeria: Troops recover ‘IEDs planted on road’ in Imo community

The Nigerian Army says troops have recovered improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on the Orlu-Owerri road in Imo state. In a statement on Monday, Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesman, said the soldiers also foiled an attempt by gunmen to attack two communities Read More …

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