Tag: Militants
Five suspected militants killed in US drone attack near Pak-Afghan border
PESHAWAR: At least five suspected militants were killed in a drone strike on the Afghanistan side of the Pak-Afghan border.
According to sources, the drone fired two...
CTD kills two militants linked to Weinstein’s abduction
MULTAN: Security forces raided a militant hideout in the country's east before dawn Tuesday, killing two members of the Islamic State group linked to the...
Clashes in Srinagar leave two fighters, civilian dead
SRINAGAR: Anti-India protests and clashes erupted in the main city in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) on Wednesday after a gunbattle between armed men and Indian...
Israel says it has destroyed a Gaza tunnel built by militants
JERUSALEM: Israel destroyed a cross-border tunnel on Thursday running from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, which it said was dug by the Palestinian...
Punjab minister’s dubious visit to Kot Lakhpat Jail shocks officials
Another case of political interference in official matters has emerged after Punjab Minister for Prisons Zawar Hussain visited the Kot Lakhpat Jail late on...
Militants must be ‘cleaned out’ of Syria’s Idlib, Iran says
TEHRAN: Iran called on Monday for militants to be "cleaned out" of Syria's Idlib province, as it prepared for talks with Syria and Russia...
Egyptian security forces kill five suspected militants in shootout
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have killed five suspected militants who were plotting to carry out unspecified "hostile operations", the interior ministry said on Monday.
The...
10 militants killed near Iraq border: Iran
DUBAI: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday they had killed ten militants overnight in a security operation conducted in the northwest of the country...
Policeman martyred, prime suspect killed in raid linked to torched schools
ISLAMABAD: Police say gunmen have killed one police officer and wounded another during an overnight search operation for suspects linked to the torching of...
Jordan army clashes with Islamic State militants fleeing Syrian forces
AMMAN: The Jordanian army said on Thursday it killed several Islamic State militants who approached its border as they fled a Syrian offensive that...
Militants kill 10 Iran guards at Iraqi border post
DUBAI: Militants killed 10 Iranian Revolutionary Guards in an attack on a post on the Iraqi border on Saturday, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency...
Militants kill three militia fighters near Iraq’s Baiji refinery: police
TIKRIT: Islamic State militants killed three government-backed militia fighters on Monday near Iraq's biggest oil refinery in the northern city of Baiji, police and...
Egypt says 6 militants killed in raid north of Cairo
CAIRO: Egypt's Interior Ministry says its forces have killed six militants in a raid on their hideout in Beheira province, north of Cairo.
The ministry...
Taliban neither good nor bad, will be hunted down, Pakistan reaffirms
--FO doesn't rule out hot pursuit of TTP terrorists into Afghanistan, says country will continue indiscriminate action against militants
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday...
Six killed as security forces repulse raids from Afghanistan: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: At least five security officials were injured in two separate incidents of cross-border skirmish initiated by terrorists from the Afghan side on Sunday, said a statement...
Militants blast private company tower in Kharan
KHARAN: Militants blasted tower of a private company with explosives here on Friday.
According to details, unidentified miscreants planted explosives with a private company in B-Area...
US conducts air strike in Somalia, says 3 militants killed
MOGADISHU: The US military said on Friday it had killed three militants after launching an air strike in Somalia against al Shabaab, a militant...
