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10 civilians killed in Afghan bomb attack
At least 10 civilians were killed and 13 others were wounded after a bomb ripped through a district bazaar in Afghanistan's Paktika province on Monday, officials said.
Over 800 protesters arrested in Sudan demos: Minister
More than 800 protesters have been arrested from hundreds of anti-government demonstrations held across Sudan since last month, the interior minister said Monday. "The total number of protesters arrested until now is 816," Ahmed Bilal Osman told parliament. The figure was the first given by officials for those detained since deadly rallies erupted on December 19 after the government hiked bread prices. Authorities say at least 19 people including two security personnel have been killed in clashes during the demonstrations, but rights group Amnesty International has put the death toll at 37. Osman told lawmakers there had been a total of 381 protests reported since December 19. He said 118 buildings were destroyed in the protests, including 18 that belonged to police, while 194 vehicles were set on fire including 15 that belonged to international organisations. "The demonstrations began peacefully, but some thugs with a hidden agenda used them to indulge in looting and stealing," the ..
Defence forces lost 334 personnel to suicide cases since 2016
In the last three years, the Army, Navy and the Air Force have lost 334 soldiers to suicide related cases across the country since 2016, Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.Last year, the three forces lost 104 personnel, in 2017, while the figure was 101 in 2016. The figure was relatively very high as 129 soldiers died in these cases, Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre said in written reply to a query.He said that there have been five cases of fratricide in the three Forces in the same time period.The Minister informed that the government has taken various steps to Create a healthy environment among the Officers and Other Rank of the forces including "Provision of better quality of facilities such as clothing, food, married accommodation, travel facilities, schooling, recreation etc. and periodic welfare meetings."He said yoga and meditation as a tool for stress management were being used along with training and deployment of psychological counsellors."Institutionalisation of
Taliban kill at least 10 Afghan forces in bloody 24 hours
Taliban fighters attacked two checkpoints in western Afghanistan, killing at least 10 members of the security forces and pro-government militia, officials said Monday, in a bloody 24 hours in the war-torn country. At least 15 militants were killed in the fighting in Qadis and Ab Kamari districts of Badghis province that began late Sunday, provincial governor spokesman Jamshid Shahabi told AFP. Provincial council chief Abdul Aziz Bek gave a higher death toll of 21 - 14 police and seven militia members - but that figure could not be immediately confirmed by AFP. "The Taliban captured both checkpoints and took all the military equipment and ammunition with them," Bek said. The Taliban, who have been slaughtering Afghan security forces in record numbers, claimed responsibility for both attacks. On the other side of the country in the southeastern province of Paktika, eight civilians were killed and 12 wounded on Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near a market in Janikhail ...
US, Turkey set for negotiations on fate of Kurds
U S National Security Adviser John Bolton has arrived in Turkey for negotiations on the fate of American-allied Kurdish fighters in Syria. Bolton will seek assurances from the NATO ally that it won't attack the Kurds when the US withdraws troops from northeastern Syria. Monday's visit comes a day after Bolton said such guarantees were a "condition" of the pullout President Donald Trump ordered last month. Turkey considers the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, a terrorist group linked to an insurgency within its borders, and has threatened to mount an assault on the groups that have fought alongside U.S. troops against the Islamic State in Syria. Bolton, who is expected to meet Tuesday with Turkish officials including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (REH'-jehp TY'-ihp UR'-doh-wahn), says that's unacceptable.
2 Americans 'fighting for IS' caught on Syrian battlefield
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have captured two American citizens, suspected of being foreign recruits in the Islamic State, hiding out in the stronghold of the terror group.
Roadside bombing kills 5 civilians in eastern Afghanistan
An Afghan official says a roadside bombing has killed five civilians and wounded seven in the country's eastern Paktika province, while separate attacks in the country's west killed at least eight security force members. Nawroz Ishaq, the provincial governor's spokesman, gave the casualty figures for Monday's blast in the Jani Khail district. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing. Ishaq blamed insurgents who usually plant bombs on roads to target Afghan security forces. Meanwhile in Afghanistan's western Badghis province, the provincial governor's spokesman says eight security force members were killed in two Taliban attacks late Sunday. Spokesman Jamshid Shahabi says the attacks wounded five security force members and saw 10 insurgents killed. However, Abdul Aziz Beg, the head of Badghis' provincial council, said the attacks killed 21 security force members.
ISIS module case: NIA produces 10 arrested people before Delhi court
The NIA Monday produced before a Delhi court 10 people arrested on suspicion of being members of an ISIS-inspired group who were allegedly planning suicide attacks and serial blasts, targeting politicians as also government installations, in Delhi and other parts of north India. The National Investigation Agency produced the accused, who were in its custody, before Special Judge Rakesh Syal. The court had on December 27 sent them to NIA custody for 10 days which is scheduled to expire tomorrow. They were arrested on December 26 after NIA carried out searches, in coordination with Special cell of Delhi Police and Anti-Terrorism Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police, at six places in Jafrabad, Seelampur in Delhi, and 11 places in Uttar Pradesh - six in Amroha, two in Lucknow, two in Hapur and two in Meerut.
21 Afghan security forces, 15 militants killed in clashes
At least 21 Afghan soldiers, police personnel and 15 Taliban militants have been killed in clashes in Badghis province as fighting rages in the country, officials said on Monday.
Two Americans among foreign jihadists captured by Syrian Kurds
The Kurdish-led force battling the remnants of the Islamic State group in eastern Syria said Monday it captured five foreign jihadists, including two US citizens. The two Americans, two Pakistanis and an Irishman were part of a cell planning an attack on civilians fleeing the jihadist group's last bastion, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said. The SDF has spearheaded the battle against IS in eastern Syria and is close to flushing out the jihadists from their last pocket near the Iraqi border. The force, which receives key support in the air and on the ground from the US military, said in a statement that the jihadists were captured on December 30. The SDF said its forces detected "a group of terrorists who had been preparing to attack the civilians who were trying to get out of the war zone". "An operation against the cell was carried out by our forces," it said. It published mugshots of the five foreign fighters and provided the following names: - Warren Christopher Clark, USA - ..
262 terror attacks killed 595 people in Pakistan in 2018: Report
At least 595 people, including Pakistani security officials, have been killed and 1,030 others injured in 262 terror attacks in the country during 2018, according to a report. Most of the attacks were targeted at security and law enforcement agencies. Among these attacks, the most menacing were carried out on political leaders and workers. The deadliest attacks took place in the run-up to the July 25 general elections, the Pak Institute for Peace Studies' (PIPS), an Islamabad-based think tank, said in its annual Pakistan Security Report 2018. In July, a suicide bomber killed 128 people at an election rally in southwestern Pakistan in the second election-related attack. The bombing was the most deadly attack in Pakistan in over three years. It stated that there was a "29 per cent decline in terrorist attacks and 27 per cent in consequent fatalities in 2018, compared to previous year". The PIPS said that about 38 per cent of the total 595 people killed in acts of terrorism in Pakistan ..
US strikes kill top al-Qaeda plotter of USS Cole bombing in Yemen: Pentagon
American airstrikes in Yemen killed a top al-Qaeda leader responsible for the deadly USS Cole bombing in 2000 in which 17 US sailors had lost their lives, the Pentagon said. Seventeen American sailors were killed and at least 40 others injured in the terrorist attack on the US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Cole on October 12, 2000, while it was being refuelled in Yemen's Aden harbour. Jamal al-Badawi, a "legacy al-Qaeda operative in Yemen" involved in the USS Cole bombing, was wanted by the US for his role in the attack. Spokesman of the US Central Command Capt Bill Urban said: "Jamal al-Badawi was killed in a precision strike in Marib governate on January 1". "US forces confirmed the results of the strike following a deliberate assessment process," Urban said. President Donald Trump praised the US military for "delivering justice for the heroes lost and wounded in the cowardly attack on the USS Cole". "We have just killed the leader of that attack, Jamal al-Badawi. Our work ...
US confirms death of militant involved in USS Cole bombing
A US military spokesman confirms that an American airstrike killed an al-Qaida operative accused of involvement in the attack nearly two decades ago on the USS Cole that killed 17 sailors. The man targeted, Jamal al-Badawi, was wanted for his role in the attack on Oct 12, 2000. The spokesman for US Central Command, Navy Capt William Urban, says the military has confirmed through "a deliberate assessment process" that al-Badawi was killed on Jan 1 in the strike east of Sanaa, the Yemeni capital. President Donald Trump tweets that "Our GREAT MILITARY has delivered justice for the heroes lost and wounded in the cowardly attack on the USS Cole." The Cole was attacked by suicide bombers in an explosives-laden boat while refuelling at the Yemeni port of Aden.
USS Cole attack accused Jamal al-Badawi killed in airstrike
Jamal al-Badawi, an accused in the deadly 2000 bombing at the USS Cole, has been eliminated in a precision strike carried out by the United States in Yemen on January 1, the U.S. Central Command confirmed on Sunday (local time).Badawi is said to have orchestrated the explosion which occurred at the USS Cole nearly two decades ago.The al-Qaeda operative was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2003, charged with 50 counts of various terrorism offenses, apart from being wanted for his role in the terrorist attack against USS Cole.Hailing the accomplishment of the troops, US President Donald Trump said justice had been delivered for the heroes lost and wounded in the "cowardly attack" nearly two decades ago."Our GREAT MILITARY has delivered justice for the heroes lost and wounded in the cowardly attack on the USS Cole. We have just killed the leader of that attack, Jamal al-Badawi. Our work against al Qaeda continues. We will never stop in our fight against Radical Islamic Terrorism!" he .
BSF resorts to firing after suspicious movement along IB in J-K's Samba
BSF troops resorted to brief firing following suspicious movement along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district Sunday night, officials said. The troops observed suspicious movement of some persons near Fatwal post along the IB in Ramgarh sector of the district and fired a few rounds, they said. The personnel have been alerted at the borderline, the officials said.
Maoist gun down watchman, torch construction camp
Maoists gunned down a watchman over suspicion of him being an informer of the policeThe deceased was identified as Rabindra Mallick who was a resident of Malickpada village and was working as a night watchman at the Construction Camp in Patiamba nearby his home village."Around 20 to 25 armed Naxal stormed into the house of Rabindra last evening and took him to a nearby area and smashed him mercilessly and fired at him," said the deceased's wife."After the last year's successful operation red rebels are putting posters to avenge the killing and threatening to stop all road and other construction activities in Sudrukumpa area. We are following the SoP and working accordingly said Prateek Singh," SP Kandamandal to ANI.He was found lying in a pool of blood near a field in the village Malickpada on Sunday, the naxals left one poster over his body about their claim."Additional police forces have been mobilised and other operational steps have been taken to nab the rebels," SP Kandhamal ...
Trump confirms key plotter in USS Cole attack has been killed
President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that the US military has killed one of the architects of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole that left 17 American servicemen dead. The military said Friday that Al-Qaeda operative Jamal al-Badawi was believed to have been killed in a precision strike in Yemen. "Our GREAT MILITARY has delivered justice for the heroes lost and wounded in the cowardly attack on the USS Cole," Trump tweeted. "We have just killed the leader of that attack, Jamal al-Badawi.
Former PDP MLA joins Peoples Conference
Former PDP MLA Abbas Wani Sunday joined the Sajal Lone-led Peoples Conference here. Wani joined the PC in the presence of Lone and Shia leader Imran Ansari, who also quit the PDP recently. Taking to Twitter, Lone said "I welcome M Abbas Wani into the caravan of change". Wani, who won his maiden election from Tangmarg constituency of north Kashmir in 2014 assembly election, was among six PDP legislators who had rebelled against the party leadership over alleged nepotism.
Roadside bombs wounds 8 in southwest Pakistan
Pakistani officials say two roadside bombs blasts have wounded eight people in the country's southwestern Baluchistan province. Officer Shams Uddin of the Levies Force said Sunday that the convoy of the force's senior officer Abdul Malik was targeted in Pishin district with a roadside bomb planted in a motorcycle. He said the attack left Malik, his two subordinates and three civilians wounded. In the second attack, a Frontier Corps paramilitary soldier and a civilian were wounded in Panjgur district when a remote-controlled bomb exploded as a paramilitary vehicle was driving by. Police officer Khurshid Dashti said the security vehicle was badly damaged. No one claimed responsibility for either attack. Baluchistan has been a scene of low level insurgency by Baluch separatists who have claimed such attacks in the past.
BJP minister slams Akhilesh Yadav over mining scam
BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh on Sunday took a dig at former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav after the Samajwadi Party leader dubbed the CBI probe in the illegal mining case as political vendetta.