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Terror attack reported at popular Kabul hotel
The Afghan Interior Ministry confirmed that a group of insurgents stormed the Intercontinental Hotel here on Saturday evening.According to Najib Danish, an interior ministry spokesperson, said, "The police have arrived at the scene and they are trying to bring the situation under control. Fights between insurgents and security forces are still on."The Tolo news reported that eyewitnesses saw heavily-armed insurgents entering the hotel.The police sources said the insurgents may have taken some people as hostages.No reports of casualties have come so far.In 2011, a similar attack on the hotel left at least 21 people dead, which also included nine attackers. The Taliban had claimed responsibility for that attack.
Security agencies, commandos should be trained to tackle cyber
Security agencies' personnel, including those from special commando forces such as the NSG, should be trained in tackling the emerging "fourth dimension" of threats of cyber attacks, Home Minister Rajanth Singh said. Addressing the closing ceremony of the 8th All India Police Commando Competition at the National Security Guard garrison in Gurgaon near Delhi, Singh said hacking websites and data leaks also indirectly imperil the national security. A fourth dimension has been added to the threats national security faced till now and commandos should also train to stamp out threats from the cyber space, apart from conventional threats emanating on the land, emerging from the seas and in the air, he said. The minister said the "iron fists of the commandos of various forces and the NSG can sniff out any evil eye casting aspersions on our soil." "A commando is not only physically agile and deft in firing weapons but it is the composed mindset to make threat assessment and ...
Rs 13 crore contribution in single day to MHA fund
Nearly Rs 13 crore was contributed to a home ministry fund that helps families of paramilitary personnel who laid down their lives fighting extremists following an appeal by Home Minister Rajnath Singh today. The money were raised at afunction, organised to launch theofficial anthem of the 'Bharat Ke Veer' fund here. Singh lauded the contributions made for the families of central armed police forces personnel killed while safeguarding the nation. He said any amount of praise for soldiers is not enough to recognise their sacrifices as he appealed for monetary contributions from corporates and the general public to support families of the deceased troopers. Donations worth nearly Rs 13 crore were received today for the 'Bharat ke Veer' fund, a home ministry spokesperson said. "The excellent cooperation among the JK police, army, CAPFs and IB is evident and is clearly seen as each day,they are eliminating terrorists there. I seek your support in taking the Bharat KeVeer ...
Suspected terrorists hurl grenade at police station in JK
Suspected terrorists on Saturday hurled grenade towards a police station in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir.The incident took place in the evening and grenade exploded outside the station, police said.The area has been cordoned off, and a search operation has been launched.No casualties and injuries have been reported yet.On January 12, too, Shopian district witnessed a similar attack, wherein terrorists sprayed bullets on a police post.
Tripoli airports reopens after fighting suspended flights
The airport serving the Libyan capital resumed flights today following a five-day suspension after deadly clashes around the facility that also damaged planes on the tarmac. Lotfi Khalil, the director general of Mitiga airport on the eastern outskirts of Tripoli, said services resumed with Buraq Air flying to the eastern city of Tobruk and Libyan Airlines leaving for Tunis. One local carrier, state-owned Afriqiyah Airways, however, has yet to resume operations because its planes were damaged in Monday's fighting in which at least 20 people were killed, he told AFP. Since the closure, flights had been diverted to Misrata, a city 200 kilometres east of the capital. Mitiga airport, a former military air base, was evacuated on Monday after militiamen attacked it in an attempt to free detainees at a jail there. The health ministry of Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) said 20 people were killed and 63 wounded in the violence. The GNA condemned what it ...
Army maps land in UP photocopy shop
A bunch of maps related to the Army were found in a photocopy shop here, police said today, adding the shop owner has been taken into custody by military intelligence sleuths. "Two youngsters had yesterday brought a bunch of maps (related to the Army) to the shop. They were heard saying that they would come later and take away the maps and the photo copies," a police official said. "It was during this time that a team of military intelligence sleuths came, and took away the bunch (of maps). They are interrogating the shop owner, Krishna Agarwal," he said. When contacted, Bareilly SSP Jogendra Kumar said the matter pertained to Army Intelligence, and that the force had not shared any information with the police so far.
Four US, Canadian captives freed in Nigeria: police
Two American and two Canadians who were kidnapped in an ambush by gunmen in northern Nigeria this week were freed today, police said. Nigerian armed forces had launched a manhunt for the four after they were seized on Tuesday evening in the state of Kaduna by kidnappers who shot dead two of their police escorts. "They have been rescued thanks to the efforts of the police," Kaduna state police spokesman Muktar Aliyu said. "All of them are a good condition of health," he said, and are now with their embassies. One person has been arrested, he added. The four North Americans were on private business in Kaduna when they were snatched on the road from the town of Kafanchan to the state capital of Abuja, the latest abduction in Nigeria involving foreigners. Aliyu said they were rescued at about 5 am (0400 GMT) in the same area where they were kidnapped. "I cannot confirm if there have been negotiations or a ransom paid," Aliyu said, adding that it was "classified ...
Nine killed, 40 injured, in Pakistani firing in two days (Roundup)
Nine persons, including three security personnel, were killed and over 40 others injured in escalated violence along the LoC and the International Border between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir in the past two days, police said on Saturday.
SPO deserts police post along with AK-47 in J&K
A Special Police Officer (SPO) has deserted a police post along with one AK-47 rifle in Kishtwar district of Jammu region.
Pakistan summons Indian envoy over 'ceasefire violations'
Pakistan today summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh for the fourth time this week and condemned the alleged "unprovoked ceasefire violations" across the LoC by Indian forces. The Foreign Office (FO) said that Indian troops violated the ceasefire in Khuiratta, Bagsar and Khanjar Sectors on the Line of Control (LoC) on January 20. The firing killed a 60-year-old civilian and injured two others, including a child, it said. Director General (South Asia and SAARC) Mohammad Faisal, who is also the foreign ministry spokesman, summoned Singh and "condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian forces along the Line of Control and Working Boundary on January 20". He said the number of casualties at the Working Boundary has risen due to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing by the Indian forces, where four more innocent civilians were killed while 20 injured on January 18 and 19. "The Indian forces along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary are ...
Pakistan summons Indian Deputy HC over cross-border firing
Pakistan on Saturday again summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh to condemn "unprovoked ceasefire violations" by India, which it said had killed five civilians and injured 22 others over the past three days.
2 bombs found near Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, NIA begins probe
Two crude bombs were recovered near the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodh Gaya district, where Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is camping, prompting authorities to heighten security. An NIA team was at the site on Saturday to probe the incident.
67 Afghan security force members freed from Taliban captivity
Afghan security forces have freed 67 soldiers and police officials from a Taliban-run jail in Afghanistan's Helmand province, officials said on Saturday.
18 militants killed in Kunduz province: Afghan Ministry
Afghanistan's Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Saturday said at least 18 militants were killed during the operations of armed forces in the country's northern Kunduz province.According to the Khaama Press, the operations were carried out in coordination with the Afghan Air Force in Chahar Dara district.Five militants were also injured and three others were arrested, the statement said.During the operation, a vehicle and some weapons belonging to the militants were also destroyed.Earlier this week, 76 Taliban militants were killed in a five-day military operation in the same province.
Policeman injured in IED blast by Naxals in C'garh's Dantewada
A policeman was today injured after Naxals triggered an improvised explosive device near a market in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district. A local police official told PTI that assistant constable Jagat Ram Karma was near a weekly market in Chhote Tumnar village under Geedam police station when the incident occurred. Karma, posted at Bijapur's Nelasnar police station, was rushed to a hospital in Bijapur and he is currently out of danger, the official informed. Combing operations have been launchedinthe region to track down the ultras, he added.
Roadside bomb kills 1 in Afghanistan
At least one person was killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan's Paktia province on Saturday, the police said.
Soldier killed in Pakistani firing on LoC
An Indian Army soldier was killed on Saturday in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.
Blast kills one in Afghanistan
At least one person was killed and another injured after their vehicle hit a roadside mine in Paktia province of Afghanistan on Saturday morning.According to the Tolo News, Provincial police chief spokesman Sardar Wali Tabasam has confirmed that the incident took place in Gardez city and said that the investigation into the case is underway.Earlier in October 2017, at least 41 people died and dozens were injured when a suicide car bomber and gunmen attacked a provincial Afghan police training academy.The militants had used a truck and armored vehicle stolen from the security forces to carry out the coordinated attack.
BSF trooper, 3 civilians injured in Pakistani firing on IB
A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper and three civilians were injured on Saturday in fresh firing by Pakistan Rangers on the international border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir.
Two Naxals surrender in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district
Two Naxals have surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said today. The cadres turned themselves in along with weapons before senior police officials at the district headquarter yesterday, a top police official told PTI. They were identified as Nelliram Kashyap, hailing from Orchha area of Narayanpur, and Munna Ista (30) of Barsoor area of Dantewada, he said adding both were active as janmilitia members of Maoists. Kashyap surrendered along with one muzzle loading gun, one tiffin bomb, explosive powder, Maoists pamphlets and crackers. Ista surrendered along with one muzzle loading gun, the officer added. He said the rebels had expressed disillusionment with "hollow" ideology of the Naxal movement and were impressed with the surrender and rehabilitation policy of the state government. A cash of Rs 10,000 were also given to each of the two as encouragement money. Further, they will be facilitated as per the surrender and rehabilitation policy, the official