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6 killed in Kabul prison suicide bombing

At least six people were killed and eight others wounded after a suicide bomber struck a vehicle carrying prison employees in the capital on Wednesday, officials said.

Dantewada attack: Cop succumbs to injuries, death toll now 4

Police constable Rakesh Kaushal, who was wounded in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada on Tuesday, has succumbed to injuries, taking the death toll in the deadly attack to four.On Tuesday, a cemeraperson of public broadcaster Doordarshan and two police officers were killed in an ambush in a poll-bound Dantewada district- a Maoist hotbed in the heavily forested central Indian state.The attack took place at around 11 am in the Aranpur jungle area near Nilawaya village.Special Inspector General of Police (Anti-Naxal Operations) DM Awasthi, on Tuesday, informed reporters that the ambush seemed to target the road construction work in the region.Awasthi also revealed that a lot of blood was found at the spot, suggesting that around two-three Naxals were smoked out in the fire exchange with security forces.The police maintain that the attack is not related to upcoming elections in the state, which are scheduled in two phases- November 12 and 20.

'Maoists are fighting for survival in Chhattisgarh'

Pushed on the back foot and confined to a limited forest "patch", Maoist insurgents are desperate for a "big catch" ahead of assembly polls in Chhattisgarh to get wider publicity, security experts and police officials here say.

Seven killed in suicide attack near Kabul prison

A suicide bomber targeting a bus carrying employees of Afghanistan's biggest prison killed at least seven people on Wednesday, officials said, in the latest militant attack in the war-torn country. Another five were wounded in the blast near the facility in Kabul, which police spokesman Basir Mujahid said had hit a vehicle that staff of Pul-e-Charkhi prison were travelling in. The attacker was on foot, interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish said. He struck as the bus was entering the jail in the east of the Afghan capital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion, but the Islamic State group (IS) has claimed most suicide attacks in Kabul in recent months. The attack comes days after a suicide bomber blew himself up near the entrance of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission in Kabul, killing at least one person and wounding six. A wave of election-related violence has killed or wounded hundreds across the country in recent months as the Taliban and IS .

J-K: Bodies of 2 terrorists, ammunition recovered in Tral

Bodies of two terrorists have been recovered in Pulwama's Tral town following an exchange of fire between terrorists and security personnel, Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Wednesday.The police further informed that they have recovered arms and ammunition, including M4 and AK 47 rifles and other incriminating materials from the site of the encounter.The dead terrorists have been identified as Showkat Ahmad, a resident of Tral, and Usman from Pakistan.In its statement, the state police said, "The terrorists were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and the same group was involved in a series of attacks and firing on the security forces' camp from a distance, in recent times. They were also involved in many other civilian atrocities in the area. The police investigation has started."The Police have also cautioned citizens not to venture near the encounter zone as stray explosive materials can prove to be dangerous."People are requested to cooperate with ...

Any US military role in Afghan after peace would be conditions-based: Mattis

Once peace is achieved in Afghanistan, any American military role in the war-torn country would be conditions-based and worked out with the government of the day, Defence Secretary James Mattis has said. More than a year after President Donald Trump announced his South Asia strategy, Mattis said it is based on four Rs and one S being "sustain it". "Any US military coalition role after the peace is reached would be conditions-based, worked out with the Afghan government and depend on the threat," Mattis said at the US Institute of Peace, a Congress funded think-tank. "First R was to regionalise the approach, you did not start with Afghanistan, come up with a strategy, say, 'well I guess now we'd better look at the countries around it and see what do we do as far as their inclusion?' We started outside and worked our way inside," he said. The second R was reinforcing the troops and the third R realigning those troops to supporting the Afghan security forces, directly by training, ...

Several dead in Kabul suicide attack

Several persons were killed and many wounded in a suicide attack near Pul Charkhi prison here in Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said.

Suicide bomber detonates outside Kabul prison, killing 7

An Interior Ministry official says a suicide bomber has struck outside the country's largest prison on the eastern edge of the capital Kabul, killing seven people, including prison workers and security personnel. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish says the attacker early Wednesday targeted a bus carrying prison workers. The sprawling Pul-e-Charkhi prison houses hundreds of inmates, including scores of Taliban. According to Abadullah Karimi, a prison official, the attack occurred near the prison gate where a number of visitors were waiting to pass a rigorous security check before entering. No one has taken immediate responsibility for the attack.

Yemen: Saudi-led airstrikes kill 150 Houthi rebels

An airstrike, conducted by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces has led to the death of at least 150 Houthi rebels in Yemen's coastal city of Hodeidah.Colonel Turki Al-Malki, a spokesperson for the Arab forces confirmed that the airstrike targeted a Houthi training camp, Sputnik reported.The coalition army has been conducting airstrikes in Yemen since 2015, in support of the nation's government.The coalition army has also deployed 10, 000 additional troops, including forces from Sudan, to secure Hodeidah, Al Jazeera reported.The war between Houthi and the Yemen government started in September 2014, as the Houthi assaulted the capital city of Sanaa and controlled it along with of other northern cities, including the port city of Hodeidah, after they advanced from the northern stronghold of Saada.This provoked military action from Saudi Arabia, who led the coalition and launched an aerial assault on the country in March 2015 to restore exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's ...

'Saudi-led airstrikes on Houthi camp in Yemen's Hodeidah kill 150 rebels'

The Saudi-led coalition on Tuesday night launched airstrikes on a training camp of the Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen's Red Sea coastal city of Hodeidah, killing 150 of them, a pro-government military force said.

Nephew of JeM chief among 2 outfit terrorists killed in South Kashmir

Two Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists, including Usman Haider, the nephew of the terror outfit's chief Maulana Masood Azhar, were killed Tuesday after a fierce encounter at Tral in South Kashmir, police said. A M-4 Carbine, used for carrying out sniper attacks on security forces, was also seized from the encounter site, officials said. Two bodies were recovered after a day-long encounter that broke in Chaanketaar village of Tral in Pulwama district, they said. The body of one more terrorist was expected to be retrieved from the rubble, they said. The intelligence inputs as well as the material seized from the encounter site showed that the terrorists belonged to JeM, they added. The police had not officially identified the bodies, but officers speaking on the condition of anonymity said Haider was among those killed in the encounter. A statement and video purportedly shared by Jaish-e-Mohammed on social media identified one of the killed terrorists as Haider. It also claimed that he .

Chhattisgarh Police 'will foil Maoist threats during polls'

Hours after Maoists killed two policemen and a Doordarshan cameraman, Chhattisgarh Police on Tuesday said it would not allow the rebels to disrupt the coming Assembly elections.

Delhi Police reaches out to other states to curb smuggling

Aiming to prevent smuggling of firearms, liquor and drug trafficking, top officials of the Delhi Police on Tuesday interacted with their counterparts from states such as Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh.

Cops of 8 states meet to tackle traffic not destined for Delhi

Top Delhi Police officers and their counterparts from neighbouring states discussed ways to divert non-Delhi destined goods traffic from the national capital and to check old petrol and diesel vehicles in an inter-state coordination meeting held here on Tuesday. It was decided that effective diversion of non-destined goods traffic would be undertaken by the respective states of Haryana and UP within their borders so that they do not enter Delhi, a Delhi Police statement said. Diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years are not permitted to ply in Delhi as per the directions of the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal. The officers also agreed to sharing database of registered vehicles in Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad, Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar, Sonipat, among other places neighbouring Delhi, and information regarding stolen vehicles. Joint action against interstate criminals by sharing information to curb smuggling of drugs and illegal firearms, and ..

JeM says Masood Azhar's nephew among slain militants in Tral

Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant outfit said on Tuesday that Pakistan-based Masood Azhar's nephew was one among the two militants killed by security forces in Tral area today.

One militant killed in Tral gunfight

One militant was killed on Tuesday in a gunfight with security forces in Tral area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district.

NATO chief: Both sides expected to behave despite drills

NATO's secretary-general said Tuesday he is confident that both the Western military alliance and Russia "will act in a respectable way" as the two sides hold drills in the same area in waters off Norway's coast. Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday as he attended the Trident Juncture war games in his native Norway that "this is not a Cold War situation," stressing it is "purely to prevent, not to provoke." Russia has been briefed by NATO on the exercises and invited to monitor them, but the move has still angered the Russians. Moscow has warned it could be forced to respond to increased NATO military activities and said its navy plans to test missiles in international waters, close to where the alliance is conducting its largest military exercise since the end of the Cold War. The Russian missile tests will take place November 1-3 off western Norway. The NATO drill, scheduled to end November 7, takes place in central and eastern Norway, the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea. The maneuvers ..

Northern Army Commander reviews security situation on LoC

Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh Tuesday reviewed the prevailing security situation on the Line of Control (LoC), on the second day of his visit to Kashmir. He also reviewed the operational preparedness of the force in the Valley. Singh was accompanied by Commander of Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, Lt Gen A K Bhatt, and visited the forward areas in north Kashmir, an Army official said. Lt Gen Singh also visited the High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) at Gulmarg and interacted with troops undergoing specialised training there, he said. The official said the Army commander commended the high standards of training provided by the HAWS in snow-craft and winter warfare.

Rajnath calls for fast-tracking paramilitary forces' recruitment

Union Home Minster Rajnath Singh on Tuesday reviewed the vacancy position and recruitment procedure in various paramilitary forces and called for fast-tracking the recruitment.

Bangladesh armyman-turned-militant key suspect in publisher's killing

A renegade Bangladeshi army major who later became a militant leader has emerged as the key accused in the murder of a noted progressive publisher three years ago even as police today said they had finished their investigation in the case. "Sacked and fugitive major Syed Ziaul Haq appeared to be the mastermind of the killing of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan in our investigation," a spokesman of police's detective branch said. He said seven other operatives of the banned Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) were also named in the charge sheet but Zia and another assailant were still on the run while others were in jail to face trial in the case. The spokesman said the case was filed under the anti-terrorism law which requires police to obtain home ministry approval. The militants had murdered 43-year-old Dipan in his office in central Dhaka's Shahbagh area in 2015, months after they killed atheist blogger Avijit Roy, the first victim in a wave of violence against secular writers, religious ...