Twelve schools, mostly all-girl institutions, were burnt down on Friday in Pakistan's Gilgit Baltistan region in a series of coordinated attacks by unidentified militants, police said.


Militants torch 12 schools in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan


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At least 15 people were killed and more than 50 others wounded after two explosions ripped through a mosque in Afghanistan's Gardez city on Friday.


15 killed as explosions rock mosque in Afghanistan


A CRPF trooper and a policeman were injured on Friday when militants attacked a security picket in Anantnag town in Jammu and Kashmir.


Trooper, policeman injured in attack on CRPF picket


Two militants were killed and two security men injured on Friday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district.


Two militants killed, two security men injured in Kashmir (Third Lead)


Two security personnel were injured after fresh firing erupted on Friday at the site of a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district that occurred earlier in the morning, killing two militants, police said


Fresh firing at J&K gunfight site, 2 security men injured


The government on Thursday expressed "deep anguish" at the killing of an Indian national, along with two of his colleagues working in an international company in Afghanistan, and condemned the incident in the strongest terms.


India condemns Indian national's killing in Afghanistan


An Indian national and two others working for international food company Sodexo in Afghanistan were kidnapped and killed by gunmen here on Thursday.


Indian among three kidnapped, killed in Kabul


Two militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.


Two militants killed in gunfight in Kashmir


An Indian national and two others were killed here on Thursday after they were kidnapped by gunmen.


Indian among three killed in Kabul


India on Wednesday welcomed the US designation of three Pakistani nationals as Specially Designated Global Terrorists for providing logistical and financial support to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist group.


India welcomes US blacklisting of 3 Pakistan-based terrorists


Militants on Wednesday fired at security forces laying a cordon in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.


Militants fire at security forces in Kashmir


A Melbourne court on Wednesday committed a Bangladeshi student to stand trial in the Supreme Court during a brief hearing.


Bangladeshi student to stand trial for IS-inspired attack


Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday attempted to loot a bank in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district.


Gunmen attempt to loot bank in Kulgam


Over 150 Islamic State (IS) terror group militants, including a senior leader, Mawlavi Habib Ur Rehman, surrendered to the Afghan forces, Khaama Press reported.


Over 150 IS militants surrender to Afghan forces


Authorities on Tuesday evening imposed restrictions in old Barzulla area of Srinagar where the body of a slain militant is being taken after exhumation in Kupwara district.


Restrictions imposed in part of Srinagar


One assailant was killed and 11 people were injured when an explosion and ensuing gunfire rocked a government office building in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city, officials said.


1 killed as militants attack government office in Afghanistan


Unknown persons on Tuesday overpowered the security guard of a former Minister and snatched his weapon in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.


Weapon of ex-Minister's security guard snatched in Kashmir


A powerful bomb planted near an Assam Rifles camp at Manipur's border town Moreh was defused on Tuesday morning.


Bomb planted near Assam Rifles camp defused


Eighty-seven youths from Jammu and Kashmir have joined militant ranks until July 20, with 12 of them joining after the Governor's Rule was imposed in the state, Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir told Parliament on Tuesday.


87 J&K youths joined militancy in last 7 months


Parents of a slain Kashmiri militant are expected to receive his body on Tuesday, more than a month after he was killed in a shootout in Kupwara, police said.


Kashmir family to get militant's body month after shootout


A special NIA court here has pronounced Mohamed Saleem guilty in an espionage case for possessing counterfeit currency and conspiring to carry out  terrorist attacks, the central agency's official said on Tuesday.

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