Abuja: Heavily armed militants launched vicious attacks at a University campus in northern Nigeria's restive Kano city on Sunday, targeting worshippers at two church services and leaving at least 20 people dead. The two centres were targeted simultaneously at the Bayero University when Christians were holding church services. The militants, who came on motorcycles, first threw explosives at the services, and then attacked the panic stricken people as they tried...
08:47 PM, Apr 29, 2012
Gulibagh: Hazrat Gul spent two years in detention for allegedly aiding the Pakistani Taliban when they publicly flogged and beheaded people during a reign of terror in the scenic Swat Valley. Now he wiles away his time in pristine classrooms, a Pakistani flag pin on his crisp uniform, learning about word processing, carpentry and car repairs at the Mashal de-radicalisation centre run by the army. Part of a carrot and...
02:54 AM, Apr 26, 2012
Bannu: Dozens of Islamist militants stormed a prison in northwest Pakistan early on Sunday and freed nearly 400 inmates, including one on death row for trying to assassinate former president Pervez Musharraf, police officials said. Pakistan's Taliban movement, which is close to al Qaeda, said it was behind the brazen assault by militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47 assault rifles. A police official said most of those who escaped...
12:50 AM, Apr 16, 2012
Srinagar: Two militants of HuJI including its dreaded commander made a dramatic escape from police custody near Patnitop while they were being driven from Kishtwar to Udhampur to attend a court case. Sher Khan and his associate Jameel alias Abdullah were escorted by policemen in a vehicle when they fled away apparently after stopping for tea at a shop near Patnitop. Security forces have cordoned off the various exit and...
08:45 AM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: A day of violence in Kashmir as a car bomb blast occurred on the national Highway in Bijbhera in Anantnag district on Thursday. Several people are reported to be injured. Reports say the car was parked near a security installation near a hospital. The explosion caused panic among people who fled the area, thinking militants had carried out a suicide attack, they said. The impact of the blast...
07:19 PM, Mar 22, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Wednesday detained two suspected militants from Nizamuddin Area in the capital. Sources say that the operation was carried out by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police. The two suspects are to believed to be part of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). Meanwhile, it is yet to be confirmed that these two are part of any two terror plot. The two suspects are being questioned by the police....
11:14 AM, Feb 29, 2012
Kishtwar: Two top militants of Lashker-e-Tioba (LeT) were on Sunday gunned down by security forces in a fierce gun-battle in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. Acting on specific information about the presence of militants of LeT in Dool-Banzwar forest belt in Kishtwar district, troops of 17 Rastriya Rifles and Police launched a cordon and search operation in the area to track them down, a senior Police official said. The...
01:51 PM, Feb 26, 2012
Washington US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said that al Qaeda is the primary enemy of United States in the Af-Pak region and those parts of the Taliban who support al-Qaeda are also an American target. "The Taliban is a very broad group. Our primary enemy in that part of the world is al Qaeda. The Taliban elements, the terrorist elements that support al Qaeda are also our enemy," Panetta...
12:15 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Islamabad: Militants killed 15 paramilitary troopers and injured 12 more in an attack on four security posts in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan, officials said on Wednesday. The militants attacked the security check posts at Margat, a coal-rich area near Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, on Tuesday night. The rebels used light and heavy weapons during the attack, which continued for five hours, officials of the Frontier Corps...
02:49 AM, Feb 02, 2012
Islamabad: Six Pakistani security personnel and 17 Taliban militants were killed in an overnight gun fight in the restive Kurram tribal region of northwest Pakistan, security officials said on Wednesday. A group of about 50 heavily armed Taliban militants attacked Pakistani troops while they were conducting a search operation in a village in Kurram Agency late Tuesday night. The militants gunned down six security personnel and injured four more. Seventeen...
07:53 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Guwahati: From guns to roses, life turned full circle for close to 700 militants from nine separatist groups in Assam on Tuesday when they laid down arms to join the mainstream in the presence of union Home Minister P Chidambaram. In one of northeast India's biggest surrender ceremonies in Assam's main city of Guwahati, a total of 676 militants laid down weapons and in return received roses from the home...
04:18 AM, Jan 25, 2012
Jammu: The standoff between the civilian government and the military in Pakistan is nothing new and not a cause for concern, but the developments there are being closely monitored by India, a top Army commander said on Sunday. "What is happening in Pakistan is not historically new. They have had these problems before. Therefore, the country as well as Army are watching the events closely," General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command,...
10:32 AM, Jan 16, 2012
Dera Ismail Khan: Prominent al qaeda and Afghan Taliban fighters asked Pakistani militants in a pair of rare meetings to set aside their differences and step up support for the battle against US-led forces in Afghanistan, militant commanders said on Monday. The meetings were held in Pakistan's tribal region in November and December at the request of the Afghan Taliban's leadership council. They could indicate the militants are struggling in...
05:21 AM, Jan 03, 2012
Imphal: Militants, preparing to hold peace talks and lodged in government-run designated camps, have been instructed not to involve themselves in the forthcoming Manipur Assembly elections on January 28, official sources said on Thursday. The decision to instruct the militants particularly those belonging to Kuki community, was taken during a meeting of the newly-constituted state co-ordination committee to monitor the January 28 election in Imphal on Wednesday evening. The meeting...
02:18 PM, Dec 29, 2011
Islamabad: More than 30,000 Islamists rallied against the US in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday, demanding Islamabad cut off ties with Washington following NATO airstrikes last month that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The protest highlighted the ability of hard-liners to bring their supporters into the streets, as well as the lasting anger over the November 26 attack, which has complicated US efforts to enlist Pakistan's cooperation on the...
12:28 AM, Dec 19, 2011
Islamabad: Twelve pro-Taliban militants were killed and five security personnel injured in two separate incidents in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said. Security forces killed 12 militants associated with a banned group during a clash in Kurram region near the Afghan border, officials said. Several militants and two security personnel were injured in the gun battle. Three security personnel were injured and four buildings were damaged when militants fired six...
10:07 PM, Dec 06, 2011
London: Taliban militants, who have shunned violence, are being provided monthly cash incentive of 100 pounds, besides being given amnesty for all crimes such as murdering children, beheadings and hanging women. "Members of the Taliban who give up their fight are being paid 100 pounds a month and will be allowed to keep their guns in a new initiative to end the insurgency," the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. The move,...
09:57 PM, Nov 27, 2011
New Delhi: In Turkey, suspected Kurdish militants hijacked a ferry near Istanbul on Friday. There are 25 passengers and crew on board. Authorities have said that at least one of the hijackers is armed. There was no information on his identity or his motive. Mayor of Izmit Ibrahim Karaosmanoglu said the men were demanding to speak to the media. State-run TRT television said coast guard boats were shadowing the ferry...
10:29 AM, Nov 12, 2011
Srinagar: Ahead of the cabinet meeting slated later in November, the army has further hardened its stand over the AFSPA issue leaving very little leeway for Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who proposes partially lifting of the Act in some parts of Jammu and Kashmir. The army contends they would require some cover to fight militancy even if it has considerably waned. "We have reservation against the revocation of the act...
01:33 PM, Nov 06, 2011
Istanbul: Afghanistan urged Pakistan on Tuesday to "move beyond words" and take concrete steps to curb Islamist militants which it said were a threat to both countries. The two neighbours were holding their first talks since the assassination in September of the chief Afghan peace negotiator. The meeting, hosted by Turkey, aims to heal a rift that is undermining prospects of ending the Afghan war. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and...
01:46 AM, Nov 02, 2011
