A Taliban attack on a checkpoint near the Afghan border in Pakistan has killed 16 soldiers and seriously wounded five others, two intelligence officials said on Saturday. The attack took place on Friday night. AFP news agency A senior intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that more than 30 people took part […]
Read MoreIndian security forces in Kashmir on Thursday killed at least five suspected gunmen in ongoing clashes, the army said, the latest outbreak of violence in the disputed Muslim-majority Himalayan region. Kashmir has been divided between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan since their partition at the chaotic end of British rule in 1947, and both countries […]
Read MoreTaliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the killing in what he deplored as “a cowardly attack” carried out by the ISIS group. Interior Ministry officials told The Associated Press news agency the explosion was caused by a suicide bombing. A government source, who asked to remain anonymous, told the AFP news agency that the explosion […]
Read MoreIndian troops shot dead seven Maoist rebels in a fierce gun battle on Thursday, as security forces step up efforts to crush the long-running armed conflict. More than 10,000 people have died in the decades-long insurgency waged by the Naxalite movement, as the Maoist insurgents are known, who say they are fighting for the rights […]
Read MoreSix Pakistani soldiers and 22 militants were killed in armed clashes in a northwestern region near the Afghan border on Saturday, the army said, as Islamist fighters increase their attacks on security forces in the area. The firefights took place in three districts after soldiers conducted intelligence-based operations in Waziristan and its adjoining regions, the […]
Read MoreChina views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, a claim that Taiwan’s government rejects. The US is Taiwan’s most important international backer and arms supplier, despite the lack of formal diplomatic recognition. The United States is using Taiwan to provoke a serious crisis in Asia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko told TASS news […]
Read MoreAt least 10 people were killed by gunmen in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province, Interior Ministry Spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qaniee said on Friday. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack. The Taliban took over the country in 2021 and vowed to restore security to the war-torn nation. Attacks have continued, many of them […]
Read MoreA suicide attack in northwest Pakistan killed 12 soldiers, the military said Wednesday, following a separate clash that left eight dead in the same region bordering Afghanistan. The suicide blast occurred on Tuesday and resulted in the deaths of “12 brave sons of soil”, the army said in a statement. Six militants died in an […]
Read MoreSeven soldiers were killed and 18 injured when gunmen attacked a paramilitary checkpoint in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. The attack took place in the mountainous region of Kalat district, about 150 km south of Quetta, provincial police official Habib-ur-Rehman said on Saturday. Which starts early in the morning and continues for several hours. Some of […]
Read MoreA state of 3.2 million people, Manipur has been divided into two ethnic enclaves since the conflict began – a valley controlled by the Meiteis and the Kuki-dominated hills. Ten armed men were killed in a gunfight with security forces in India’s remote northeastern state of Manipur on Monday, officials said, after they allegedly tried […]
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