Tag: Insurgency
IS reverting to insurgency tactics after losing caliphate
BEIRUT: After being nearly defeated on the battlefields of its would-be caliphate, the Islamic State group has reverted to what it was before its...
School girls escape Boko Haram attack in Nigeria
NIGERIA:
Schoolgirls accompanied by school staff were able to escape an attack by Boko Haram militants in the North Eastern town of Dapchi in Nigeria...
Top Afghan official blames Pakistan for Taliban return
TORONTO: The Chief Executive of the Government of National Unity of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah blames Pakistan’s two-faced game helped in return of the Taliban...
UN expresses concern over controversial US plan to revive Afghan militias
KABUL: As the Afghan government struggles to stem the Taliban insurgency and shore up its dwindling security forces, the US military is turning to...
Suspected militants kill two Indian soldiers in Assam
GUWAHATI, INDIA: Two soldiers of the counter-insurgency force Assam Rifles were killed in an ambush by separatist rebels in India's northeastern state of Assam...
Myanmar’s Rohingya insurgency has links to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan: report
A group of Rohingya Muslims that attacked Myanmar border guards in October is headed by people with links to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, the...
Insurgency on last leg as army clears huge areas in Shawal
Pakistan Army has cleared around 640 sq km area including all the peaks over 9,000 feet in Shawal, North Waziristan Agency (NWA) from the...
