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Two militants killed in shootout in J-K's Baramulla

Two unidentified militants were killed Friday in a shootout with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said. Security forces signalled a sports utility vehicle (SUV) to stop at Kraalhaar in Baramulla but the militants travelling in it opened fire at them, a police spokesman said. He added the security forces retaliated and neutralised the two ultras. A policeman was injured in the brief exchange of fire between the two sides, the spokesman said. The vehicle has been seized and its driver arrested, he added. A cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from the scene of the gunbattle, the spokesman said. The recoveries include one AK assault rife, two Chinese pistols, one UBGL, three hand grenades and two UBGL grenades, he added.

KLO cadre nabbed in Kokrajhar

Security forces nabbed a Myanmar-trained Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) cadre on Friday in Assam's Kokrajhar district, the police said. A joint operation was launched by the army and police personnel following a tip off and the militant was apprehended in Gossaigaon town. The security forces recovered a pistol and five rounds of ammunitions from the militant, the police added.

3 killed in blast at Afghan poll candidate's office

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.

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

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.

Two militants killed in Kashmir

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

Two terrorists shot dead by security forces in J&K

Two militants were Friday killed by security forces in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The militants, travelling in a car, were asked to stop at Kraalhaar but they opened fire at the security personnel, a police official said adding, that the duo was killed in retaliatory fire. Some arms and ammunition were recovered from the scene, he said. Further details were awaited.

Taliban threatens to disrupt Afghan elections

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

Trainee Bihar officer shot dead

A trainee Bihar education officer posted here was shot dead on Friday by unidentified gunmen in Kaimur district, police said.

Cop killed, another injured in road accident in UP

A police constable was killed and another policeman was seriously injured when a car hit them near Lachanpur village, police said Friday. The policemen were getting a tree removed which had fallen on the road when a speeding DCM Matador hit them Thursday night, they said. While Constable Nagendra Yadav was killed on the spot, Sub Inspector Shiv Mangal Yadav suffered injuries and was admitted to a hospital, the police said. They were posted in Uska Police Station.

Afghans set to vote despite Taliban threats, corruption

Afghans will return to the polls for parliamentary elections on Saturday, hoping to bring change to a corrupt government that has lost nearly half the country to the Taliban. In the eight years since Afghanistan last held parliamentary elections, a resurgent Taliban have carried out near-daily attacks on security forces, seizing large swathes of the countryside and threatening major cities. An even more radical Islamic State affiliate has launched a wave of bombings targeting the country's Shiite minority, killing hundreds. Both groups have threatened to attack anyone taking part in the vote. In areas where the government still provides relative security, Afghans face a different array of challenges. Widespread corruption forces people to pay bribes for shabby public services, and increasingly influential ultraconservative clerics blame the country's many ills on years of Western influence, threatening to roll back the limited gains made by women and civil society since the 2001 ...

Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent protests

Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of the city here in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday to prevent a separatist-called protest and maintain law and order, police said.

Assam Rifles hands over 15 trained horses to Myanmar army

In a move to strengthen bilateral ties, the Indian Army has handed over fifteen trained horses to its Myanmarese counterpart at a ceremonial function at Moreh town in Manipur's Tengnoupal district, along the India-Myanmar border, an official release said. The ceremony, organized by Assam Rifles on Thursday, was aimed at enhancing "mutual trust and bonding between the armies" of the two Asian neighbours, the release issued by the paramilitary force said. The horses, which reached Moreh town on Wednesday from Hempur in Uttarakhand, were selected by a Myanmarese delegation during their visit to Remount Training School and Remount Veterinary Corps in the northern state in September. They were "provided on sale to the Myanmar army as part of defence foreign co-operation measures" between the two nations, the release said. The Hempur establishment has a "rich experience of 240 years" in breeding and training of horses and dogs for the Indian Army and its counterparts in the ...

4 militants killed near LoC

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.

7 soldiers injured in J&K IED explosion

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

US increases bounty amount for top Al-Qaeda kingpins

The U.S. Department of State's Rewards for Justice Program has increased the reward from USD 5 million to up to USD 10 million for information leading to the identification, location, arrest, and/or conviction of Qasim al-Rimi who is the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).The department is further offering a reward of up to USD 5 million for information leading to the identification or location of Khalid Saeed al-Batarfi, a senior regional leader of the AQAP.Qasim al-Rimi was named the leader of the AQAP in 2015 and has called for renewed attacks against the USA.The US Department of State designated al-Rimi as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 in May 2010, while he had already been listed by Saudi Arabia as a most wanted terrorist suspect on February 3, 2009. He has also been added to the United Nations (UN) 1267 Sanctions Committee's Consolidated List of individuals associated with Al Qaeda/ISIL in May 2010.Al-Rimi has ..

Putin says IS seized 700 hostages in Syria; executing some

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Islamic State militants in Syria have recently seized some 700 people as hostages and are carrying out executions. At an international policy forum in Sochi on Thursday, Putin said "they have been recently expanding their area and took about 130 families hostage, which accounts for about 700 people." Putin said the militants have put forth demands, which he did not specify, and have warned that they would kill 10 people a day if the demands are not met. "They killed 10 people the day before yesterday," he said. "They are now carrying out their threats." State news agency Tass Wednesday cited an unnamed "diplomatic-military source" as saying the hostages were seized in a raid on a refugee camp and were demanding Syria free IS members.

"I lost a great friend": Gen Miller on Afghan Lt. Gen. Raziq's demise

Resolute Support Commander General Austin Scott Miller, who escaped uninjured in Thursday's attack at the Kandahar Governor's house, tweeted that he "lost a great friend" while referring to Kandahar police chief General Abdul Raziq, who was killed in the attack.Gen Scott Miller took to Resolute Support's official Twitter account to state, "Today I lost a great friend Lt. Gen. Raziq. We had served together for many years. Afghanistan lost a patriot, my condolences to the people of Afghanistan. The good he did for Afghanistan and the Afghan people cannot be undone."Taliban has since claimed responsibility for the attack which also killed the head of the provincial National Directorate of Security (NDS) Gen. Abdul Momin Hassankhail and injured Kandahar's Governor Zalmai Wesa, the commander of Maiwand 404 police zone, a coalition force member and two Americans after a high-profile meeting on Thursday.Taliban further stated that they had targeted both Raziq and Miller, according to Al ...

Two killed in Haiti anti-corruption protests: police

Haitian police said Thursday at least two people were shot dead and more than a dozen injured in a huge anti-corruption protest that rocked the Caribbean country a day earlier, as pressure mounted on unpopular President Jovenel Moise. In their initial report, authorities did not say who was to blame for the shootings, but police had fired in the air on Wednesday to help Moise escape from a public ceremony after he was shoved by protesters. Elsewhere, near the presidential palace, police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators. Tempers have been running high for weeks in Haiti over the alleged embezzlement of funds obtained through Petrocaribe, a Venezuelan initiative that provided poor countries in the Americas oil at cut rate prices. In 2016 and again last year, probes carried out by Haiti's Senate concluded that nearly two billion dollars in money from the fund had been embezzled. A dozen former government ministers were implicated but nobody was ever charged. Moise issued a series

Militants target Army vehicle with IED in Pulwama

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

India condemns terror attack in Afghanistan

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.