Weaponized Drones: The Next Terrorist Modus Operandi in Southeast Asia?

In 2020, a series of arrests conducted by Indonesia’s anti-terror police Detachment 88 revealed the terrorists’ intention to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones. In October last year, a group of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants based in Read More …

Afghanistan: Car bomb explosion in Herat caused damage to shops in Obe district

Herat Governor Sayed Wahid Qatali said the Taliban had detonated a car bomb in the center of Obe district. According to him, this incident did not cause any casualties, but it has caused damage to the residents of the place Read More …

Roadside bomb attacks target US-led coalition convoys across Iraq

Four roadside bombs have exploded separately near convoys of trucks carrying logistical equipment belonging to the US-led coalition forces in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, southern province of Muthanna bordering Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the central province of Babil, as Read More …

Afghanistan: 2 ANA Soldiers Wounded in Jalalabad Blast

At least two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were wounded in a blast in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Wednesday morning, sources said. The incident occurred around 9 am local time in PD8 of Jalalabad city when the vehicle Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Sticky bombs – Security forces redraw SOPs; ask public not to leave vehicles unattended

Suspecting that ‘sticky bombs’ may have entered the valley, security forces are redrawing their standard operating procedures and also advising general public not to leave their vehicles unattended, officials said on Sunday. In the middle of last month, the Jammu Read More …

Afghanistan: Explosion in Helmand claims government prosecutor

Sayed Mohammad Sadat, head of NDS prosecutors’ office along with three others were reportedly killed in an explosion near the provincial Police HQ in Lashkargah city of Helmand Province. Helmand police spokesman Mohammad Zaman Hamdard confirmed the incident to the Read More …

Pakistan: Roadside bomb kills 5 labourers in Balochistan

Five construction workers were killed and five others received serious injuries when the pick-up truck they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province. No party has claimed responsibility for the blast, which took place on Read More …

Saudi Arabia: Arab Coalition destroys explosive-laden drone targeting Khamis Mushait

The Arab Coalition announced late Wednesday night that its forces had intercepted and destroyed an explosives-laden drone launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia towards Saudi Arabia’s Khamis Mushait. The Arab Coalition added in a statement that the Houthi militia is Read More …

India: 3 officials killed in PPIED blast in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum

Three jawans of the Jharkhand Jaguar of State Police were reportedly killed and two others were critically injured after a pressure [plate] Improvised explosive device (PPIED) blast took place in the forest area of Hoyahatu village in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, Read More …

Afghanistan: Female Doctor Killed in Nangarhar Blast

A female doctor was killed in an IED explosion attached to a rickshaw in which she was traveling in district 3 of the city of Jalalabad east of Afghanistan on Thursday morning, the provincial governor’s office confirmed. The doctor, Sadaf, Read More …

India: Villager injured in IED blast in Gumla

A villager was seriously injured in an IED blast that occurred in Marwa Karagani under Kurumgarh police station in Gumla district. The injured villager villager identified as Mahender Mahto (23) who got his one leg totally damaged in the booby Read More …

Nigeria: Electricity workers injured by Boko Haram landmine in Borno

Two workers of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) are now battling to survive from injuries they sustained when their vehicle ran over a landmine allegedly planted by Boko Haram terrorists at Mainok, in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno Read More …

Nigeria: 10 Killed in Suspected Boko Haram Attack in Maiduguri

Officials in Nigeria’s Borno state say 10 people have died from explosions around the northeast city of Maiduguri. Residents in affected areas have fled their homes. Local officials suspect Islamist militant group Boko Haram was behind the blasts. There was Read More …

Philippines: 4 hurt in IED blast in Sorsogon

Three civilians and a police officer were wounded when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) exploded on the national highway in Pilar town in Sorsogon province on Monday, Feb. 22. Major Maria Luisa Calubaquib, Bicol police spokesperson, said Corporal Jeffry Enconge Read More …

Afghanistan: Many killed, wounded in Kabul, Helmand Explosions

A police ranger-type vehicle was targeted by an explosion in Baraki square PD4 of Kabul city. According to police, the incident occurred at around 4:22 pm local time on Sunday. “Terrorists” detonated a roadside bomb in the area, police told Read More …

Pakistan: Soldier killed, 2 injured in bomb explosion in Quetta

A soldier was killed and two people were injured in a bomb explosion in Quetta city of Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Thursday, officials said. Some unknown militants parked an explosive-laden motorbike at the roadside and exploded it when a Read More …