Tag: Militants
Militants heading to urban areas as ZeA pressure mounts: report
The success of Operation Zarb-e-Azb (ZeA) has forced terrorist outfits to shift focus from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) towards...
Two Hazara men shot dead in Quetta
Two members of the Hazara community Monday were killed by armed assailants in the Quetta.
The two victims identified as Ghulam Nabi and Muhammad Nabi...
Seven suspected militants arrested in Balochistan
Security agencies arrested seven suspected militants belonging to banned militant organisations in Kalat district of Balochistan on Sunday.
According to a spokesperson for the Frontier...
Former Afghan spy chief says letters show Pakistan supports militants
The former head of Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency released documents the other day which he said showed that Pakistani intelligence services helped leaders of...
Five suspected militants killed in Balochistan
Five suspected militants were killed in Balochistan’s Awaran district on Sunday evening.
A security official said security forces conducted an operation against the militants in...
Bangladesh police arm villagers against ‘Islamist’ militants
Police in western Bangladesh said Wednesday they have armed villagers with bamboo sticks and whistles in an effort to deter ‘Islamist’ militants from attacking...
32 troops killed in Niger clash with Boko Haram militants
Thirty-two troops have been killed in a clash with Boko Haram militants on Niger’s border with Nigeria, Niger’s defence ministry said on Saturday.
“Hundreds of...
Three suspected militants shot dead in encounter
Three suspected militants were shot dead in an ‘encounter’ on the outskirts of Karachi on Thursday evening, according to police officials.
“A contingent of police...
Nine militants killed in NWA airstrikes
Nine terrorists were killed and their hideouts destroyed in fresh aerial strikes in remote area of Barman in North Waziristan Agency, close to the...
Trump says US should toughen up fight against militants
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, reacting to attacks at Brussels airport and a metro station on Tuesday, said the United States and Western...
2 soldiers, 3 militants killed during raid in Gilgit-Baltistan
Two soldiers and three militants were killed in an exchange of fire during an intelligence-based raid on a militant hideout near Chillas town of...
Five suspected militants killed in Dera Bugti
Security forces in Balochistan on Sunday claimed to have killed five suspected militants in Dera Bugti district.
A spokesperson for the Frontier Constabulary, Khan Wasey,...
Turkish air strikes kill 67 Kurdish militants in north Iraq
Turkey´s army said on Saturday it killed 67 Kurdish militants in air strikes on camps and ammunition storage sites in neighbouring northern Iraq on...
21 militants killed in Shawal offensive
Top civil-military huddle vows to eliminate terror day after Shabqadar attack
At least 21 militants were killed in air strikes and ground operations that began...
US airstrikes kill 46 militants, destroy IS radio station in Afghanistan
A total of 46 militants were killed and a radio station belonging to the Islamic State (IS) militant group was destroyed after US-led coalition...
Four cops gunned down by militants in Quetta
Four policemen were killed in what police said appeared to be an incident of targeted killing in the Munir Mengal Road area on Thursday.
Assailants...
600 British militants stopped from entering Syria: Hammond
Some 600 Britons have been stopped from going to Syria to try to join Islamic State and other militant groups, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond...