At least 10 people, mostly civilians, were killed and four others were wounded on Tuesday in a suicide attack on a security checkpost in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.


10 killed in Afghanistan suicide attack


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Two militants were killed and two soldiers injured on Tuesday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district. A young man was killed in protests while a man died of shock after being misinformed that his son was trapped there.


J&K battle leaves 2 militants, youth dead; man dies of shock (Fourth Lead)


Two militants were killed while 20 civilian protesters and two soldiers were injured on Tuesday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.


2 militants killed, 22 injured in J&K gunfight (Third Lead)


Pakistan's Natio­nal Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta) has revealed the names of six politicians who could be targeted by terrorists during the ongoing election campaign.


6 Pakistani politicians under threat from terrorists


India has accused UN Human Rights Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein of exhibiting "clear bias" in his report on Kashmir and criticised Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of overstepping his mandate in his report on children in armed conflict.


India accuses Zeid of bias on Kashmir, Guterres of overstepping mandate


A father died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday after learning that his son was trapped in an ongoing gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.


Man dies after hearing son trapped in J&K gunfight


Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit has condemned the terrorist attack in Tunisia which left nine security officers dead and others injured.


Arab League condemns terror attack in Tunisia


Two BSF troopers were killed in an IED blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Monday evening, police said.


Two BSF troopers killed in Chhattisgarh IED blast


More and more civilians are being targeted by militants in the Kahmir Valley with such incidents witnessing a steep hike even during the Ramadan ceasefire, sources said on Monday.


Spike in militant violence targeting Kashmiri civilians


A man, abducted by unknown gunmen in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Sunday, was found dead in the adjoining Kulgam district on Monday, police said.


Man abducted by gunmen in J&K found dead


US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid an unannounced visit to the Afghanistan capital on Monday.


Pompeo in Afghanistan on surprise visit


Militants carried out two grenade attacks on the CRPF camps in Jammu and Kashmir's Tral town on Monday, police said. No casualty or damage was caused.


Two grenade attacks on CRPF in J&K


Militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district have killed a woman by slitting her throat, police said on Monday.


Militants slit woman's throat in J&K


The overall law and order situation remained calm in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday even as authorities imposed restrictions at many places to foil a separatist-called march on the second death anniversary of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani.


Kashmir Valley mostly calm amid restrictions


Iran has executed eight persons linked with the Islamic States (IS) attacks in the capital city of Tehran last year, the media reported.


Iran executes 8 linked to IS attacks


Four persons including the self-styled chief of a "terrorist outfit" Greater Coochbehar Liberation Organisation (GCLO) were arrested on Saturday from Naxalbari in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, a CID officer said.


Four including 'terrorist organisation' head arrested in Bengal


The Indian Army on Saturday said it fired at a mob of stone-pelters killing three civilians in a south Kashmir village after "unidentified terrorists" hiding in the crowd opened fire at a patrol party causing injuries to some soldiers.


Militants among stone-pelters fired at soldiers: Army


In a major breakthrough, an AK-56 assault rifle, among three reported missing since the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts was recovered from two arrested aides of absconding don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, police said here on Saturday.


AK-56 gun, missing since 25 years, recovered from Dawood aides


Anguished over the killing of three civilians in firing by army men, Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra on Saturday asked security forces to strictly adhere to the laid down Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and to avoid incidents of casualties and collateral damages "even in situations of extreme provocation".


Governor anguished over Kashmir civilian killings


Three civilians, including a girl, 16, were killed and many injured when security when security forces allegedly opened fire at a stone-pelting mob during a cordon and search operation in a south Kashmir village on Saturday, sparking tension across the Valley on the eve of militant commander Burhan Wani's second death anniversary.


Kashmir simmers after three civilians shot dead


A double car bomb attack near the Interior Ministry building in the restive Somali capital killed at least 10 people on Saturday, officials said.

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