Pakistan Army soldier martyred in IED attack near checkpost in South Waziristan

A Pakistan Army soldier was martyred on Wednesday after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded near a military checkpost in South Waziristan tribal district’s Kaniguram area, the military’s media affairs wing said. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Read More …

Afghanistan: Twin blasts in Kabul leave 10 civilians dead, 12 injured

Two back-to-back explosions on Tuesday evening rocked capital Kabul city, leaving civilian casualties, officials said. Kabul police confirmed the death of 10 civilians and injury of another 12 Kabul citizens in a twin IED blast on two coaster buses on Read More …

Nigeria: CP Odumosu deploys EOD personnel, others to Lagos markets

Lagos State Police Command, CP Hakeem Odumosu has deplored personnel of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal, EOD unit to markets dominated by Igbo traders in the state , with a view to detecting and detonating any combustive substance that could be Read More …

Afghanistan: 2 Civilians Killed, 10 Wounded in Jalalabad Blast

At least two civilians were killed, and 10 other people were wounded in a blast targeting a security force convoy in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday morning, the provincial governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said. The blast occurred in the Bargeno Read More …

Afghanistan: 4 Killed in Taliban’s Car Bomb Attack on Police HQ in Baghlan

Four security force members were killed in a car bomb attack by the Taliban on the police headquarters in Baghlan-e-Markazi district in the northern province of Baghlan on Monday evening, officials said Tuesday. The attack took place at around 6:30 Read More …

Afghan Security Forces discovered and defused several IEDs in Kabul and Paktika province

One Taliban terrorist was killed and two others were wounded in a clash between police and Taliban insurgents in the Khairkut district of Paktika province. Police also prevented six landmines from exploding in several separate reconnaissance operations in the Sarwadah Read More …

Afghanistan: 6 Killed as blast targets Khaaf Railway personnel in Herat

A roadside bomb killed six railway personnel in Afghanistan’s Herat province, an official said. Herat governor, Sayed Abdul Wahid Qatali said the incident took place around 2:45 PM on Saturday. Qatali added that the bomb targeted a vehicle carrying the Read More …

Shabaab mounts increased rate of attacks inside Kenya

Over the last several weeks, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, has conducted a bevy of attacks inside northeastern Kenya. Since the beginning of the year, the jihadist group has steadily claimed operations inside the country. Starting on May Read More …

Afghanistan: District Governor Wounded in Bomb Blast in Nangarhar

Sharifullah Fazli, the district governor of Kama, and two of his security guards were wounded in a blast in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Thursday morning, a security official, who wished not to be named, said. The incident happened Read More …

India: ITBP Personnel Nuetralise 2 Pressure Cooker IEDs in Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh – Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Kadenar in Narayanpur, found two pressure cooker IEDs near Chikhpal village today. ITBP later neutralized the IEDs. Chhattisgarh | Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Kadenar in Narayanpur, found two pressure cooker IEDs near Chikhpal village Read More …

What do we know about Hamas’ drones?

In the recent round of hostilities between Israel and Hamas, Israel had to contend with a growing drone threat from the Gaza Strip – not only detecting and mitigating the threats in the field, but on social media, where Hamas Read More …

Abubakar Shekau – Battle for supremacy among Islamist groups bodes ill for Sahel

The Nigerian military says it is investigating claims that the Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is dead. His death has not been independently confirmed. It is also not the first time a claim like this has been made. The reports Read More …

Pakistan: At least 5 injured in blast at Quetta’s Qambrani Road

At least five people were injured in a blast at Quetta’s Qambrani Road on Monday, according to Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani. Police officials and rescue teams rushed to the scene after receiving information of the incident. The injured have Read More …

Afghanistan: Taliban killed, female suicide bomber explodes ‘before reaching target’

At least eight Taliban insurgents, including Pakistani fighters, have been killed and four others wounded in clashes between Afghan forces and the Taliban in Nangarhar’s Achin and Spinghar districts. This comes as a female suicide bomber and three of her Read More …

County Antrim: PSNI carry out evacuation after discovery of viable explosive device

Police received a report that a suspicious object had been discovered outside a property on Main Street in Glenavy shortly before 6pm on Saturday evening. Police and army bomb disposal experts atended the scene, closing Main Street and evacuating nearby Read More …

Pakistan: Seven killed in bomb attack on Palestine solidarity rally in southwest Pakistan

At least seven people were killed and 17 injured on Friday when a bomb ripped through a rally organized by a religious party to show solidarity with Palestine in Chaman, a border city in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, police and Read More …