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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS) has changed form several times over the years. With its origins in the aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, ISIL was forged from an alliance between Read More …
An Algerian man imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for nearly 20 years after being accused of being a bomb-making instructor for extremist groups has been released and sent back to his homeland. The Department of Defense announced Saturday Read More …
Two separate explosions of low scale damaged the railway tracks in Jamshoro and Hyderabad districts on Thursday, disrupting the railway traffic for some hours but no casualties occurred in the incidents. The first explosion occurred on the upcountry track in Read More …
A water tanker driver was killed in a landmine explosion that took place in the Notal-Gandhwah road area of Nasirabad district on Saturday. Police said the landmine was planted at the under-construction Notal-Gandhwah road and it exploded when the water Read More …
At least four soldiers of the Frontier Corps (FC) were martyred and six were seriously injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded near a security forces’ convoy in the area of Sangan in Sibi, Balochistan. According to security sources, Read More …
An ISIL (ISIS) suicide bomber who killed 64 people at a Shia mosque in northwest Pakistan last week was an Afghan exile who returned home to train for the attack, police say. Two senior Pakistan police officials said the suicide Read More …
A suicide bomber struck along the route of President Arif Alvi’s motorcade in Sibi, claiming the lives of six security personnel and leaving 22 others, including 19 law enforcers, wounded on Tuesday. This is a second major suicide attack in Read More …
At least 57 people were killed and nearly 200 others injured in a suicide attack at an imambargah in Peshawar’s Kocha Risaldar area during Friday prayers. The CCTV footage showed an attacker, donning black clothes, walking towards the police personnel Read More …
According to reports, an explosion in Quetta, the capital city of Balochistan, killed at least three people, including the DSP Crime Branch, Muhammad Ajmal. The blast also resulted in injuring 19 people more. The blast occurred near a police van Read More …
A Birmingham terrorist has been named as the mastermind behind a foiled plot to blow up planes heading from the UK to the USA. Rashid Rauf, originally from Alum Rock, was thought to have been killed in an American drone Read More …
A bomb blast hit a police van deployed for polio vaccination in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, leaving at least five policemen injured, police officials said. The policemen were deployed with a polio eradication team for security in Read More …
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 …
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 …
At least two security forces personnel were injured in a blast near a school at Saryab Mills, Quetta, Aaj News reported on Monday. As per reports, the explosive was placed on a motorbike near the school. The bomb blast shattered Read More …
Pakistan’s military has repelled nighttime assaults on two army bases in the southwestern Balochistan Province that killed up to 12 soldiers and 15 militants, authorities say. An ethnic separatist group, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), has claimed responsibility for the Read More …
A wanted terrorist was killed, arms and explosives were recovered in intelligence based operation in North Waziristan on Monday, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR). According to military’s media wing, the security forces on an intelligence tip-off regarding presence of extremist Read More …
An explosion in Sui and gunfire in Quetta left eight people dead and several others wounded on Friday. The bombing in Sui targetted Levies personnel and members of a local peace militia, Dera Bugti deputy commissioner said. He said an Read More …
At least three people have been killed and over 20 have been injured after a blast in Lahore’s Lohari Gate area. DIG Operations Lahore Dr Muhammad Abid Khan while speaking to media said that over 20 people have been injured Read More …
At least five people were injured in an explosion near a railway track in the Mashkaf area of Balochistan’s Bolan district on Tuesday, a senior official of Pakistan Railways said. Muhammad Kashif from railways told Dawn.com that the blast occurred Read More …
Dera Ismail Khan: CTD and Pakistan Army joint intelligence-based operation against terrorists of Tehreek-e-Taliban Gandapur group in Kalachi Jahan Khani area, 2 rocket launchers with 7 shells, 2 suicide vests and cache of explosives hidden underground for terror attacks. ڈیرہ Read More …