Three militants were killed and two soldiers injured on Sunday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, police said.


Three militants killed in J&K gunfight


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At least five people were killed and 118 injured in a series of violent attacks and explosions in Afghanistan as the long-awaited parliamentary elections got underway in the militancy-plagued country on Saturday.


5 killed, 118 injured in Afghanistan's polling day violence


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operative involved in the Nagrota Army camp terror attack case from Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), officials said.


NIA arrests JeM operative involved in Nagrota Army camp attack


Three Maoists were killed in a shootout with the police in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday, police said.


3 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh, weapons seized


At least 32 civilians were killed over the past 24 hours in US-led airstrikes on Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, a war watchdog reported on Friday.


US-led airstrikes kill 32 civilians in Syria: Watchdog


A woman was killed on Friday when militants attacked an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.


Woman killed in militant attack in Pulwama


A woman was injured on Friday when militants attacked an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.


Woman injured in militant attack in Pulwama


Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the country has temporarily closed its major border points with Afghanistan on a request by the neighbouring country for the security of its parliamentary elections to be held on Saturday.


Pakistan closes border crossings ahead of Afghan polls


The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an inter-governmental body which combats money laundering and terror financing among other things, has demanded more action from Pakistan to put an end to money laundering and financial assistance to terrorists, the media reported on Friday.


FATF asks Pakistan to 'do more' against money laundering


Punjab Police on Friday arrested two members of a Khalistani module allegedly engaged in propagating the Khalistani Referendum 2020 campaign by affixing banners and posters at public places in Amritsar city.


Two arrested in Punjab for militant links


At least three people were killed on Friday in a blast targeting the office of a female parliamentary candidate in Afghanistan's Balkh province, the police said.


3 killed in blast at Afghan poll candidate's office


Top political leaders from Turkey, France, Russia and Germany are set to meet here later this month in a bid to find a solution to the seven-year conflict in Syria, it was announced here on Friday.


Turkey to host Syria summit with Russia, Germany, France


Radical preacher Anjem Choudary was released from prison on Friday after serving half of his sentence for urging support to the militant Islamic State group and pledging allegiance to it.


British-Pakistani cleric released from jail


The Afghan government on Friday delayed October 20 parliamentary elections by one week in Kandahar province after the provincial police chief and intelligence chief were assassinated by the Taliban.


Elections postponed in Afghanistan's Kandahar after top officials' assassination


Security forces on Friday shot dead two militants on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla town.


Two militants killed in Kashmir


The Taliban on Friday threatened to derail the upcoming parliamentary elections in Afghanistan by blocking roads to prevent voters from reaching the polling stations.


Taliban threatens to disrupt Afghan elections


Four militants were killed by the Army near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, military sources said on Friday.


4 militants killed near LoC


Seven soldiers were injured when militants triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said on Friday.


7 soldiers injured in J&K IED explosion


The United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Nickolay Mladenov, has demanded that Palestine and Israel take immediate action to reduce current tensions in the area and avoid another armed conflict in Gaza.


UN seeks immediate action to avoid another war in Gaza


Militants targeted an armoured vehicle of the Army with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Pulwama district on Thursday.


Militants target Army vehicle with IED in Pulwama


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned "most strongly" the terror attack earlier in the day in Kandahar, Afghanistan, that claimed the lives of three top provincial officials.

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