Tag: Militants

Malaysian officials nab four suspected IS-linked militants

Malaysian authorities have arrested four suspected militants and confiscated a weapon along with militant Islamic State (IS) group documents, national police chief Khalid Abu...

Turkish forces kill 32 Kurdish militants in southeast: sources

Turkish forces killed 32 Kurdish militants after finding them in a house in the southeastern city of Van overnight, security sources said on Sunday. One...

FC arrests seven suspected militants in Balochistan raids

Security forces arrested seven suspected militants during two search operations in Balochistan's Zhob and Kalat districts on Wednesday. Four suspects belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban...

Arab-Kurd fighters kill 16 Islamic State militants near Syria ‘capital’

Arab and Kurdish forces have killed at least 16 fighters from the Islamic State group during fierce clashes north of the militants' stronghold of...

Two militants held with weapons laden vehicle in Kurram Agency

  Security forces on Sunday arrested two militants after seizing a weapons laden vehicle from Ladha area of Central Kurram Agency. The political administration said that...

Somali al Shabaab militants use Donald Trump in recruiting film

Somalia's militant group al Shabaab has released a recruitment film in the form of a documentary about racial injustice in the United States featuring...

Three suspected militants killed in Kech district

Security forces claimed to have killed at least three suspected militants, including a militant commander in Balochistan's Kech district on Tuesday. "Security forces launched a...

Three militants killed in Quetta

Three suspected militants were killed in a trade of fire with security forces in Quetta’s Sariab Road area late Saturday night, security sources said. They...

Indian commandos kill three militants in IHK army base gunbattle

Indian army commandos killed three militants holed up in an officers' mess and another person was shot dead during a six-hour gunbattle at an...

20 suspected militants killed in Khyber air blitz

At least 20 suspected militants were killed as Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets destroyed a number of militant hideouts and other related targets in...

Security forces kill three ‘outlawed militants’ in Kalat

Frontier Corps (FC) claimed to have killed at least three suspected militants during an exchange of fire in Balochistan's Kalat district on Friday. According to...

12 Islamic State militants killed in Russia raids on Syria’s Raqa

At least 12 militants from the Islamic State (IS) group have been killed in Russia’s first air strikes on the extremist faction’s main Syrian...

More than 8,000 suspected militants arrested: Balochistan govt

Balochistan Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani on Wednesday stated that provincial law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 8,000 suspected militants after the implementation...

Army destroys militants’ shops in SWA in retaliatory action

Helicopter gunships and bulldozers destroyed dozens of shops in a restive tribal area of South Waziristan on Tuesday after a bomb attack on a...

70 militants killed in fresh operations in Afghanistan

Some 70 Taliban militants have been killed during military operations in different Afghan provinces, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Tuesday morning. "Within the past...

US asks Pak to move against Haqqani network

NSA Susan Rice tells Pak officials attacks in Afghanistan by ‘Pak-based’ militants ‘absolutely unacceptable’ Invites PM Sharif to visit US in Oct for meeting with...

Bangladesh arrests top lawyers for ‘funding’ militants

Bangladesh has arrested three Supreme Court lawyers for allegedly passing thousands of dollars to a new Islamic militant group in the port city of...