Afghanistan: Eight Taliban Bomb Makers Killed, IEDs Factory Destroyed in Kandahar

A Taliban’s IEDs factory was destroyed and eight Taliban bomb makers, including their commander, were killed during Afghan Commando Forces’ operation in southern Kandahar province, defense official said. Ministry of defense said that the operation conducted in Arghandab district on Read More …

Afghanistan: ANP and GCPSU discovered and defused 14 IEDs in Kandahar, Paktika, Herat, Takhar and Faryab provinces

Afghan National Police bomb disposal unit discovered & defused three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Jowzjan, Kandahar and Paktika provinces. ANP bomb disposal unit discovered & defused three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Jowzjan, Kandahar & Paktika provinces. pic.twitter.com/3xNBC5DfKG — Read More …

Afghanistan: Separate targeted attacks claim 4, wounds 2

At least two people were killed and four others wounded in two separate incidents on Tuesday morning in Kabul city. At least two people were wounded in a targeted magnetic IED blast in Kabul. The incident occurred at around 9:21 Read More …

UN: TTP oversaw reunion of terror groups in Afghanistan

Afghanistan continues to serve as a sanctuary for terror groups including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), according to a recent United Nations report. The twenty-seventh report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team states that the TTP was reported to Read More …

Tiny Drones Are the Biggest Threat in the Middle East Since IEDs, Top General Says

State and nonstate actors have figured out another cheap way to target U.S. troops, a four-star general warned this week. Small drones anyone can “go out and buy at Costco right now” pose the most concerning tactical development since the Read More …

Afghanistan: 2 Wounded And One Person Killed In Two Separate Explosions In Kabul

A magnetic IED blast targeted a vehicle carrying Abdul Hadi Rafiee, the deputy minister of agriculture for administration and finance, at a township in western Kabul on Monday morning. Police said the explosion caused no casualties, but a security source Read More …

Somalia: Roadside Bomb Kills 12 Soldiers in Galmudug state

Twelve members of Somalia’s security forces were killed, and two others wounded on Sunday following a powerful roadside explosion in the central state of Galmudug, officials said. The attack occurred near the village of El Dhere, 28 kilometers west of Read More …

Afghanistan: Policeman Killed, 7 others Wounded in Nangarhar Blasts, Two Children Wounded In A Roadside Blast In Baghlan Province

At lest one policeman was killed and seven others including three civilians were wounded in two separate blasts in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Sunday morning, local officials said. The first incident happened when a car bomb attack targeted Read More …

Belgium: Iran envoy sentenced to 20-year prison term over bomb plot

A Belgian court has convicted an Iranian diplomat for plotting a thwarted 2018 bombing of an opposition rally outside Paris and ordered that he is jailed for 20 years. Assadollah Assadi, now 49, was attached to the Iranian mission in Read More …

IED kills four Tunisian soldiers in mountain region

An improvised explosive device killed four Tunisian soldiers patrolling in a mountain region near the Algerian border, Defence Ministry spokesman Mohammed Zekri said on Wednesday. The mountainous Moghila area, near the impoverished city of Kasserine, is home to an Islamist Read More …

Senior Afghan peace ministry official survives ‘IED explosion’

Khushnood Nabizada, Chief of Staff at State Ministry for Peace and the founder of Khaama Press News Agency, was targeted in an IED blast in PD10 Hangara Square of Kabul city on Monday morning. Nabizada told Khaama Press that the Read More …

Kenya: Explosive targeting police kills two hyenas in Wajir county

An Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) that had been set up by al Shabaab terrorists hit and killed two curious hyenas in a bizarre incident in Konton area, Wajir County. The area is near the Kenya-Somalia border where the terror group Read More …

Taliban PsyOps: Afghan Militants Weaponize Commercial Drones

The Taliban has used small commercial drone aircraft in recent years for reconnaissance and to make propaganda videos of attacks. But now, the militant group is deploying the remote-controlled devices as a new weapon against Afghan security forces. Using a Read More …

Afghanistan: Head of Lashkar-e-Islam and 3 Other Militants Reportedly Killed in Roadside Bomb Explosion in Nangarhar

Head of the banned Lashkar-e-Islam was killed along with three others, claim Afghanistan officials Mangal Bagh, the head of banned militant group Lashkar-e-Islam, has been killed in an explosion in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, a government official claimed on Read More …

Somalia: One Security Officer Killed, Three Injured In Mandera IED Explosion

At least one security officer was killed and three others injured when their vehicle was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device along the Omarjillo-Arabia Road in Mandera County. The explosive had been set on the road to target the security Read More …

Kenya: One security officer killed, three injured in Mandera IED explosion

At least one security officer was killed and three others injured when their vehicle was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device along the Omarjillo-Arabia Road in Mandera County. The explosive had been set on the road to target the security Read More …

Philippines: 1 dead, 2 hurt in IED blast in Cotabato

One person was killed and two others were hurt when an improvised explosive device went off at a waiting shed in Tulunan town, Cotabato province at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27. Major Jun Napat, Tulunan town police, said the Read More …