Page 13 - Terrorist Attacks

Iraq says PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi unharmed in drone assassination attempt

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi was unharmed in an assassination attempt carried out by a drone targeting his official residence on Sunday, his office said in a statement.

Terrorists fire at security forces at SKIMS Hospital in Srinagar

Terrorists opened fire at the security forces at SKIMS Medical College Hospital in the Bemina region of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday

Several killed in flag-waving protests against Taliban in Afghanistan

Leader of anti-Taliban opposition supports protests; Taliban tell people with no travel documents to leave airport

IED-fitted sticky bombs recovered in J&K's Poonch, major tragedy averted

Ahead of Independence Day, a major tragedy was averted when security forces seized improvised explosive device-fitted four sticky bombs from a man in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Friday

Amid Taliban offensive, rockets target Afghan president's palace

Afghan army chief expected to meet Gen Naravane and Doval next week

All set for in-person extradition hearing of Tahawwur Rana in LA

A federal US court in Los Angeles has scheduled on calendar in-person extradition hearing of Tahawwur Rana, Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman sought for involvement in 2008 Mumbai terror attack

No indication India has given up extradition of Headley: Rana's attorney

There is no indication that India has given up on the extradition of David Coleman Headley, the Mumbai terror attack accused, attorney of his co-accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana has told a US court

India's resolution on counter-terrorism adopted at UN General Assembly

India's annual resolution on the issue of counter-terrorism was co-sponsored by over 75 countries and adopted by consensus in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly

India condemns terror attack at Kabul University, calls it 'inhuman'

India strongly condemned the terrorist attack at Kabul University, saying the "inhuman act" is a stark reminder that terrorism must be eliminated for durable peace in Afghanistan and the region

Vienna attacks: PM Modi says India stands with Austria during tragic time

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was saddened by the dastardly terror attacks in Vienna and asserted that India stands with Austria during this tragic time

Two CRPF jawans, policeman killed in militant attack in J&K's Baramulla

Militants attacked a security forces party at a 'naka' in Kreeri area of Baramulla district in north Kashmir this morning, a police official said

Terrorists attack patrol in J&K's Sopore; CRPF jawan and civilian killed

The militants opened firing on a naka party of security forces in Sopore, resulting in injuries to three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans and a civilian, the officials said

Border grid needs to remain more alert to scuttle infiltration by Pak: DGP

He said hundreds of terrorists are present at the launching pads across the Line of Control and the International Border

Afghan official: Kabul mosque bombed, 2 dead, 2 wounded

Tariq Arian, spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry, said the bomb targeted the Wazir Akber Khan Mosque at around 7:25 pm, when worshipers had gathered for evening prayers.

Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist killed in encounter in J&K's Doda district

The encounter continued for five hours and Tahir Ahmad Bhat of Pulwama belonging to the Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit was killed during the encounter, the police said

Deaths from terrorism fall 15.2% but more countries affected by violence

The number of global deaths from terrorism fell 15.2 per cent in 2018, even as the number of countries affected by extremist violence continued to grow, the 2019 Global Terrorism Index showed. From a high of 33,555 deaths in 2014, when the Islamic State (IS) group lured tens of thousands of jihadists to the Middle East, the number of terrorism deaths has more than halved to 15,952 in 2018, the index published by the Sydney-based Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) showed. The largest declines in 2018 were recorded in Iraq, which proclaimed a military victory over IS the previous year, and Somalia, where US forces have been conducting airstrikes against Shabaab extremists since 2017. For the first time since 2003, Iraq was not the country worst-hit by terrorism, according to the index which defines terrorism as "the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non-state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or ...

America's primary foreign goal is a terror-free world: Ravi Batra

America is, and must remain, a force for good, and our precious freedoms, which we all take for granted - the very nectar of American Exceptionalism born of our cherished separated powers regime

Terrorist groups made 328 attempts to sneak into J&K in 2018: MHA report

A total of 257 terrorists, 91 security personnel and 39 civilians were killed in 614 terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir in 2018, as per the report

59% of all terrorist attacks in 2017 in 5 Asian countries: US report

The decline in terrorist violence was largely due to dramatically fewer attacks and deaths in Iraq, Nathan Sales, State Department coordinator of counterterrorism said