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4 dead in blast at district headquarters in Somali capital
At least four people are dead after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the gate of a district headquarters in Mogadishu, a Somali police officer said Monday. Capt Mohamed Hussein said the large blast badly damaged the compound of the Hodan district's headquarters. An Associated Press journalist saw at least seven bodies at the scene. Hussein said seven other people were wounded, and most of the victims were district workers and soldiers. This is the second such attack on a district headquarters in the capital this month. The Howlwadag district headquarters was targeted on September 2 and at least six people were killed, including two children. The al Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group often claims responsibility. The Somalia-based group often targets the capital with bombings, including a truck bombing in October that left at least 512 people dead. Somali troops are meant to take over the Horn of Africa nation's security in the coming years from an African ..
Taliban attack Afghan security forces in north, killing 37
Taliban insurgents have launched separate attacks on Afghan security forces in the country's north, killing at least 37, provincial officials said Monday. Mohammad Yusouf Ayubi, head of the provincial council in Kunduz province, said that at least 13 security forces were killed in an attack on a checkpoint they were manning in Dashti Archi district, with another 15 security forces wounded there. The firefight began late Sunday and continued into Monday morning. Meanwhile in Jawzjan province, Provincial Police Chief Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani said the Taliban attacked Khamyab district from different directions, forcing Afghan forces to withdraw from the district headquarters to avoid civilian causalities. "There was intense fighting and we didn't want civilian houses destroyed, or any civilian casualties," said Jawzjani. He said that at least eight policemen were killed and three other police were wounded. Seven Taliban were killed and eight were wounded during the gun battle, he ...
Afghanistan: Taliban attacks Sar-e-Pul province
Heavy clashes between government forces and the Taliban are still underway following an attack by the Taliban at the center of northern Sar-e-Pul province on Sunday.According to TOLO News, the city was attacked yesterday from three directions and is on the verge of collapse. "If government does not send reinforcements, the center will collapse to the Taliban," TOLO News quoted the provincial governor Zabihullah Amani as saying."Both sides have casualties but there is no exact information," Amani added.The report further quoted military sources claiming the fall of a military base in the province. However, the military officials have not yet confirmed the fall but have appealed the government for air support."The Taliban attacked the capital of the province from Sayad district, and the west and northern parts of the city and are two kilometers far from the city," as per military sources.This comes after as many as 20 Afghan security personnel were killed on Sunday in an attack by the .
Officials: Taliban attack Afghan security forces, killing 21
An Afghan official says the Taliban has attacked Afghan security forces in the country's north, killing at least 21. Mohammad Yusouf Ayubi, head of the provincial council in Kunduz province, says at least 13 were killed in an attack on a checkpoint they were manning in Dashti Archi district, with another 15 security forces wounded. The firefight began late Sunday and continued into Monday morning. Meanwhile in Zawzjan province, Provincial Police Chief Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani says Fighting Monday morning with Taliban in Khamyab district left at least eight police killed, forcing the troops to withdraw from a district headquarters to avoid civilian causalities after intense fighting. Three other police were wounded, he added, while seven Taliban were killed and eight were wounded. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed both attacks.
43 suspects in deadly Philippine bombings face criminal raps
Criminal complaints have been filed against 43 Muslim militants from two armed groups linked to the Islamic State group for two bomb attacks in the southern Philippines, including a suspected suicide bombing that killed 11 people, police said Monday. Murder complaints were filed against 18 suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf for a powerful blast on July 31 that killed 11 people and wounded several others in Lamitan city on Basilan island, said Director General Oscar Albayalde, the national police chief. A foreign militant who drove the bomb-laden van died in the suspected suicide attack. Among those facing charges is an Abu Sayyaf commander, Furuji Indama, who Albayalde said ordered the bombing but remains at large along with nine other suspects. Eight suspects, including a militant bomb expert, Julamin Arundoh, who police said rigged the van with plastic gallons containing the explosives, have been captured. Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano said the foreign militant who drove the van ..
7 injured in Paris knife attack, man arrested
Seven people including two British tourists were wounded on Sunday after they were attacked in France's capital of Paris downtown.The incident took place approximately 10:45 local time, with the attacker armed with a knife and an iron bar injuring people.The attacker, who is believed to be an Afghan national, has been arrested by the French police, Sputnik quoted a local newspaper.France, of late, has seen a rise in violent offences, with stabbing attacks and sexual assaults occurring across the country.Last month, two people were killed and one was seriously injured in a similar knife attack in Paris. Although the terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack, the French prosecutors ruled that incident as a case of terrorism.
US drone strike kills 4 al-Qaida members in Yemen
Yemeni tribal leaders say a suspected U.S. drone strike has killed four alleged al-Qaida militants including a field leader in the country's south. The tribal leaders said on Sunday that the operatives were killed when an unmanned aircraft targeted a group of al-Qaida militants in the district of Ahwar, one of al-Qaida's strongholds in the southern Abyan province. They spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, as the Yemeni affiliate is known, has long been considered the global network's most dangerous branch and has attempted to carry out attacks inside the US. Yemen was plunged into civil war more than three years ago. Al-Qaida and the Islamic State affiliate have exploited the chaos to expand their presence in the country.
Kabul: Suicide blast targeting Massoud supporters kills 3
A suicide bombing in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Sunday claimed lives of at least three people and injured 14.According to Aljazeera, attacker targeted a convoy marking the 17th anniversary of anti-Soviet fighter, Ahmed Shah Massoud's death. The convoy of the supporters was travelling in cars and bikes in Kabul's Taimar area.According to TOLO News, the bike-borne bomber detonated his explosives when in close proximity to the supporters, Kabul police chief spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai confirmed.The National Directorate of Security (NDS), earlier in the day, shot down a bomber near the US Embassy in Kabul. The bomber was killed before he detonated his explosives near another group of Massoud supporters.On September 9, 2001, Massoud was assassinated by two insurgents who posed as journalists in Takhar province.
7 killed in suicide attack at Kabul rally
At least seven people were killed and 25 wounded on Sunday in the Afghan capital Kabul, when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated explosives near a rally marking the 17th death anniversary of a prominent anti-Taliban leader, official told the media.
At least seven killed in suicide attack on Kabul commemorations
A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up near a convoy of gunmen commemorating the death anniversary of a famed resistance leader in Kabul on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest deadly attack in the Afghan capital that comes days after a double bombing at a wrestling club killed at least 26 people. At least seven people were killed and 24 wounded in the explosion, the interior ministry said in a statement. All the casualties were civilians. The force of the blast shattered windows and shook nearby buildings. Among the dead was the driver of a car taking part in the commemorations. He veered off the road and into the front of a shop when the blast happened, witnesses told AFP. Two of his passengers were wounded, they said. Afghan security forces said earlier they had shot dead a man who had been planning to blow himself up near supporters of Ahmad Shah Massoud. The Tajik commander led resistance to
Three infiltrating militants arrested near LoC
Three militants were arrested on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district immediately after they infiltrated into the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC), police said.
29 killed in Afghanistan as anti-Taliban leader mourned
Insurgents killed at least 29 Afghan security forces in separate attacks as many marked the 17th anniversary of the killing of a prominent anti-Taliban leader, officials said Sunday. Hakmat Durani, spokesman for the police chief of Maidan Wardak province, said the Taliban attacked a district headquarters west of Kabul late Saturday, killing 10 police officers, including a district chief, and setting off a gunbattle. He added that dozens of insurgents were killed in retaliatory airstrikes by the air force, and that reinforcements were being sent to the area. In a separate attack late Saturday, militants targeted a checkpoint in the western Herat province, killing nine security forces and wounding six others, said Gelani Farhad, the provincial governor's spokesman. He blamed the attack on the Taliban, saying around 10 insurgents were killed and five wounded during the ensuing gunbattle. Meanwhile in northern Baghlan province, Taliban fighters attacked security check points, killing 5 ...
84 dead in fighting in Yemen's Hodeida after talks fail
Clashes and air strikes have left 84 people dead around Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeida since the collapse of UN-brokered peace talks, hospital sources said Sunday. The sources in Hodeida province, controlled by Huthi rebels, said 11 soldiers and 73 insurgents had been killed since the talks were abandoned on Saturday. Dozens of rebels and at least 17 soldiers had been injured.
No snap poll in Greece over Macedonia name hurdle: Tsipras
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday said his government would complete its four-year term despite disagreement with his coalition partner over a disputed name deal with Macedonia. Tsipras said his coalition partner Panos Kammenos, head of the nationalist Independent Greeks party, "will not endanger the country's recovery and political stability". "The country needs political stability," he told a news conference in Thessaloniki. Elections are not scheduled for another year but Kammenos has vowed to do everything in his power to block the deal, including leaving the government. The preliminary agreement with Macedonia in June, to be confirmed by a referendum by Skopje later this month and a Greek parliamentary vote early in 2019, will see the Balkan state renamed North Macedonia. Tsipras on Sunday acknowledged that full implementation of the agreement "will not be easy" as it requires a constitutional revision that the Macedonian government currently lacks the necessary ...
Haryana STF arrests three wanted gangsters
The Special Task Force (STF) of Haryana police on Sunday arrested three gangsters wanted in several cases including murder. They have been identified as Parveen alias Sonu, Sunny and Pankaj. All of them are residents of Sonipat district, a police spokesperson said. The STF team got a tip-off that the trio was roaming near IMT Chowk in Rohtak with an intention to loot a vehicle, he said. Acting swiftly, the STF nabbed all of them from Kheri Sadh bypass near IMT Chowk, he added. "The three gangsters were absconding for the past 1-2 years. Parveen alias Sonu carried a reward of Rs 50,000 (on his head) and a bounty of Rs 5,000 had been announced for Sunny," the spokesperson said. "They, along with Pankaj, were allegedly involved in the murder of a sarpanch's son in 2016, looting Rs 1.5 crore from a jeweller near Chokhi Dani in Ganaur and opening fire at a liquor contractor," he added. "The accused will be taken into police remand after producing them before a court so that their ...
Adequate security measures to maintain law & order: SSP
A senior police officer Sunday said adequate security measures have been taken by East Singhbhum District Police to maintain law and order during Monday's 'Bharat bandh' called by opposition parties. Senior Superintendent of Police, Anoop Birtharay said stringent action would be taken against people who forcibly try to close shops or damage properties during the bandh. The SSP said adequate security measures have been taken to maintain law and order during the bandh. In a Whatsapp message, the district police chief has appealed the people to take snaps of bandh supporters indulging in ransacking, rioting or damaging property and forward it to district police whatsapp number 7091091825 and assured to initiate action against the culprits. The opposition parties have called for the 'Bharat Bandh' on Monday to protest skyrocketing of fuel prices.
20 killed in Afghanistan as anti-Taliban leader mourned
Insurgents have killed at least 20 Afghan security forces in separate attacks as many marked the 17th anniversary of the killing of a prominent anti-Taliban leader. The Taliban attacked a district headquarters west of Kabul late Saturday, killing 10 police, including a district chief, and setting of a gunbattle that was still underway, said Hakmat Durani, spokesman for the police chief of Maidan Wardak province. He said dozens of insurgents were killed in Afghan airstrikes, and that reinforcements were being sent to the area. In a separate attack late Saturday, militants targeted a checkpoint in the western Herat province, killing nine security forces and wounding six others, said Gelani Farhad, the provincial governor's spokesman. He blamed the attack on the Taliban, saying around 10 insurgents were killed and five wounded during the ensuing gunbattle. No one claimed responsibility for either attack. The attacks came on the eve of the anniversary of the killing of Ahmad Shah Masoud, .
Live mortar shell found, destroyed in Budgam dist
A mortar shell was found and destroyed in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, police said. The live mortar shell was recovered near Tosa Maidan Malik Mohalla in Khag area of the district, they said. A bomb disposal squad was sent to the spot, which destroyed the shell, an official said. Tosa Maidan was until recently used as an artillery firing range by the army. The meadow was thrown open for tourists in 2016.
Body of Assam Rifles jawan flown to Odisha for last rites
The body of an Assam Rifles jawan who was killed in an encounter with militants in Manipur's Chandel district was on Sunday sent to his native village in Odisha from here, AR sources said. The jawan Champeswar Mahakud was killed on Friday when militants belonging to proscribed Manipur-based outfit People's Liberation Army and Manipur Naga People's Front attacked ab Assam Rifles team in Chandel district. A wreath laying ceremony was held at premises of Imphal Airport where Major General KP Singh, Head of Assam Rifles in Manipur laid a wreath at the coffin of Mahakud. Mahakud is a native of Dhaurakhaman village in Sambalpur district of Odisha and is survived by wife and a seven-year-old daughter, said an AR officer.
Two killed in suicide bomb attack on Kabul commemorations
A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up near a convoy of gunmen commemorating the death anniversary of a famed resistance leader in Kabul on Sunday, killing at least two people, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest deadly attack in the Afghan capital that comes days after a double bombing at a wrestling club killed at least 26 people. Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai said two people were killed and nine wounded in the explosion that happened near the centre of the Afghan capital. Health ministry spokesman Waheed Majroh said one person had been killed and two wounded in the blast. Afghan officials often give conflicting figures for the number of casualties in the immediate aftermath of an attack. Afghan security forces said earlier they had shot dead a man who had been planning to blow himself up near supporters of Ahmad Shah Massoud. The Tajik commander led resistance to the Soviet occupation in the 1980s and to the 1996-2001 ...