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4 criminals dead in encounter with Delhi Police
Four criminals were killed and one injured in an ongoing encounter between the Special Cell of Delhi Police and Rajesh Bharti Gang here on Saturday.Meanwhile, six police personnel were injured in the encounter.According to reports, the encounter took place in South Delhi's Chhatarpur area. The criminals allegedly opened fire as soon as the police arrived at the spot.Rajesh Bharti, the leader of the gang, has been called a habitual criminal by the police.As of now, the area has been cordoned off.Further details are awaited.
Afghanistan: 6 militants killed in US drone strikes
At least six militants, affiliated with Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K), have been killed in US drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.The militants were killed on Friday in the vicinity of Deh Bala district, reported Khaama Press, citing 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military, as saying.The US forces carried out airstrikes on IS hideouts using unmanned aerial vehicles.According to the report, at least two hideouts of the terror group were also destroyed during the airstrikes.This comes in tandem with various ongoing counter-terrorism operations in certain provinces as the militant and terrorist groups are attempting to expand their insurgency activities.The US military based in Afghanistan also conduct regular airstrikes against the IS, Taliban, and other militant and terrorist groups.The airstrikes are conducted using unmanned aerial vehicles to clamp down the militants, according to the reports.
Taliban raid on Afghan military base kills 17: officials
At least 17 Afghan soldiers were killed when Taliban fighters stormed a military base in western Afghanistan, hours before the group announced a ceasefire, officials said today. The Taliban claimed the last night attack, which Herat provincial governor spokesman Jilani Farhad told AFP killed 17 members of the Afghan security forces and wounded another. There also were a number of Taliban casualties in the Zawol district ambush, Farhad said, but he could not provide exact figures. Zawol district governor Mohammad Saeed Sarwari confirmed the attack and the death toll. "The Taliban confiscated weapons following the attack," Sarwari told AFP. In a WhatsApp message, the Taliban put the death toll at 18 Afghan soldiers. The attack came hours before the Taliban announced an unprecedented ceasefire with Afghan security forces for the first three days of Eid, the holiday that caps Ramadan. That unexpected move came two days after the Afghan government's own surprise announcement of an ...
Taliban announces 3-day Eid ceasefire
The Afghan Taliban has announced a three-day ceasefire over the Eid holiday, two days after the government-announced ceasefire here.However, the militant group warned that it would "strongly defend" itself if attacked, and will retaliate against any aggression initiated during the period of the ceasefire, reported Khaama Press.Meanwhile, the Taliban, in a statement, stated that its three-day ceasefire did not include foreign troops, and ordered its fighters to continue attacks on foreign forces.It is the first time the Taliban has agreed to a ceasefire for Eid since the US invasion in 2001.According to the Taliban's statement, the leadership of the group may also consider the release of the prisoners of war, provided that they will not return to the battlefield, the report said.The latest move comes as a response to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's Thursday announcement of an unconditional ceasefire with the Taliban."The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan announces ...
Taliban kills 20 pro-government forces
Hours after announcing a ceasefire in Afghanistan on Saturday, Taliban militants killed at least 20 pro-government forces, police said.
Taliban agrees to unprecedented ceasefire with Afghan forces for Eid
The Taliban announced its first ceasefire in Afghanistan since the 2001 US invasion on Saturday, with a three-day halt in hostilities against the country's security forces that was greeted with relief by war-weary Afghans. But the group warned the suspension of fighting for the first three days of Eid, the holiday that caps off Ramadan, did not extend to "foreign occupiers", who would continue to be targeted by the militants. The unexpected move came two days after the Afghan government's own surprise announcement of a week-long halt to operations against the Taliban. It is the first time in nearly 17 years of conflict that the militants have declared a ceasefire, albeit a limited one. "All the mujahideen are directed to stop offensive operations against Afghan forces for the first three days of Eid-al-Fitr," the Taliban said in a WhatsApp message to journalists. But it added that "if the mujahideen are attacked we will strongly defend (ourselves)". The Taliban said "foreign ...
Taliban announces Eid ceasefire in Afghanistan
The Taliban on Saturday announced a ceasefire in Afghanistan during the three days of Eid-ul-Fitr when no attack will be carried out on Afghan forces.
US temporarily grounds all B-1 bombers
The US Air Force has grounded all B-1B Lancer bombers, a major component of Washington's long range bombing fleet, for safety reasons.
Russia urges Taliban to join ceasefire
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday called on the Taliban insurgent group to respond positively to a ceasefire initiative proposed by the Afghan authorities.
Israeli troops kill 4, injures over 600 Palestinians
The Israeli troops on Friday killed four Palestinians and wounded over 600 people.Of 600, around 120 were injured from live fire and tear gas.In their defense, Israelis said they were defending the frontier against crowds that threw stones and burned tyres in an attempt to cross.It also claimed that Palestinian militants fired guns at its forces and threw grenades, as per Al Jazeera.On May 15, the Great March of Return rallies culminated to mark the Nakba or Catastrophe. It is the forced removal of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes to clear the way for Israel's establishment in 1948.In May, a large number of Palestinians gathered to protest on the Gaza Strip's eastern border to commemorate the Nakba anniversary and protest the relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.Since March 30, Israeli forces have killed at least 124 Palestinians and wounded more than 13,000 people.
Canada says no longer aiding Iraqi Kurds
Canadian special forces have ended their training support for Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters, the defence department confirmed today, after Ottawa suspended the assistance in October. Canada is part of the United States-led international coalition against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, which has trained and assisted local forces while conducting air strikes against the jihadists, whose self-proclaimed "caliphate" has collapsed. "The Special Operations Task Force has partnered with Kurdish units of the Iraqi security forces in the past," the Department of National Defence said in a statement. This assistance contributed "to the greater Iraqi security forces successes" in recapturing Iraq's second city, Mosul, and then in October freeing Hawija, the IS's last urban stronghold in Iraq, it said. "The units the SOTF is looking to advise and assist... at this time do not fall under the Ministry of Peshmerga," it said. The statement came after Canada's top soldier, General Jon .
At least 23 travelers kidnapped Nigeria
At least 23 travelers were kidnapped on Friday in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna, media reports said.
US soldier killed, 4 more wounded in Somalia attack: US defence official
An American special operations soldier was killed today in an attack in Somalia that also wounded four US military personnel along with a Somali soldier, a US defence official told AFP. "There was an attack Jubaland, Somalia and it resulted in one US killed, four US wounded and one partner wounded," the official said. The official did not immediately know who had carried out the attack, but the US is supporting Somali partners as they target Islamic Al-Qaeda militants aligned with the Shabaab group.
4 killed, 618 injured in Gaza protests
Four Palestinian protesters were killed and 618 others wounded by Israeli soldiers on Friday during clashes near the Israel-Gaza border, officials said.
Russia, China to bolster cooperation in all areas
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping has signed a joint Russian-Chinese statement after making negotiations, which said both Russia and China are determined to build up cooperation in all areas.The purpose of the mutual cooperation would be to develop strategic trust-based dialogue at high and top levels.The two sides also decided to hold closer contacts on strategic security in the conditions of growing instability.As per TASS, the joint statement read, "Amid growing instability and uncertainty in the world, the sides continue to develop contacts on strategic security, support intensive dialogue between the ministries of foreign affairs and step up bilateral coordination at the corresponding international venues."Both the countries also underscored that they were ready to join their efforts to bring bilateral relations to a new, higher level.The two countries are also going to step up coordination between their armed forces.Putin, who is on an ...
US willing to hold talks with Taliban
The United States (US) on Thursday said it is ready to participate in talks with the Taliban.This comes after Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani announced a temporary ceasefire with the Taliban on June 7.Deputy Assistant to US President Donald Trump and Senior Director for Central Asia at the National Security Council, Lisa Curtis, said US cannot talk on behalf of Kabul but is willing to be a part of talks."The United States is ready to participate in the discussion, but we cannot serve as a substitute for the Afghan government and the Afghan people. A political settlement must be negotiated through a process that is Afghan-lead and Afghan-owned," Tolo News quoted Curtis as saying.The Afghan Taliban, including the Haqqani network, has sought refuge in Pakistan for over 16 years and now we have asked Pakistan to cooperate and assist in the peace process, she added.Ghani announced the ceasefire which is effective from the 27th of Ramzan (June 12) to the fifth day of Eid-ul-Fitr (June ...
Three Gazans killed by Israeli fire on border: new ministry toll
Three Palestinians, including a 15-year-old, were killed by Israeli fire on the Gaza border today, the territory's health ministry said, as weeks of deadly clashes with protesters continued. The ministry had announced a fourth man had been killed but swiftly clarified his heart had been restarted. Among the dead was 15-year-old Haitham al-Jamal, who was shot on the border in southern Gaza east of the ciy of Khan Yunis, the ministry said. Around 10,000 Palestinians gathered in five places along the border, the Israeli army said, with clashes ensuing. The army said in a statement its forces were using "riot dispersal means and are operating in accordance with the rules of engagement." At least 128 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since protests broke out along the Gaza border on March 30. There have been no Israeli casualties. Protests peaked on May 14 when at least 61 Palestinians were killed in protests to coincide with the controversial opening of the US embassy in ...
Threat to PM: Maoists fighting lost battle, says Rajnath
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday dismissed Maoists' alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the left-wing extremists are "fighting a lost battle" and that "PM's security is top priority of the government".
Shopkeeper shot at, injured by militants in J&K: Police
Militants today shot at and critically injured a man in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said. The militants fired at the man, a shopkeeper, at Kakapora in the south Kashmir district, a police spokesman said. The man has been referred to a hospital in critical condition, he said. Further details are awaited, the official said.
Suspected jihadists kill six in Cameroon
Six villagers were killed overnight in northern Cameroon in an attack attributed to NIgeria's Boko Haram jihadist group, a local leader said today. The attack occurred in the village of Mangave Foya, said Abdoulaye Yerima Bakari, the head of the Dogba administrative region. "They attacked the home of a district chief, whom they shot, as well as two other people" who were in the building, he said. When the neighbours came out to investigate the gunfire, the assailants opened fire, killing three of them, he said. A local self-defence group and the security forces, joined by some villagers, gave chase, killing five attackers and arresting three others, he added. Boko Haram, a militant movement opposed to Western influence and seeking an Islamic state based on Sharia law, has caused the deaths of at least 20,000 people since it took up arms in Nigeria in 2009. Their insurgency has spilled into neighbouring countries, including Cameroon. Since 2014, the group has killed 2,000 civilians and