Tag: Militants

Srinagar: Three soldiers and 13 militants were among 20 killed in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday in fierce fighting whose victims included those who had abducted and murdered Lt Ummer Fayaz in May last year. In one of the worst rounds of armed clashes between the security forces and militants in recent years, the fighting […]

Srinagar: Two militants were killed on Saturday in an ongoing gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said. “Security personnel from the Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force and the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the state police surrounded Shistargam village on Friday evening following information about a group of […]

Jammu: A group of heavily armed militants early on Saturday attacked an army station here in Jammu and Kashmir. A group of militants hurled grenades and used heavy volume of automatic gunfire to enter the Sunjuwan Military Station, police sources said. “The area has been cordoned off. Three terrorists are believed to have entered the […]

Moscow: In a retaliatory move, massive Russian air strikes have killed at least 30 militants in Syria, where a Russian fighter jet was shot down, an official said on Sunday. “A series of high-precision weapon strikes have been delivered in the area controlled by the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group, which brought down the Russian Su-25 […]

Srinagar: Militants have killed an off-duty Indian Army Jawan whose body was found in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday, informed an official. Defence Ministry spokesman, Colonel Rajesh Kalia said: “Sepoy Irfan Ahmad Dar, 23, a resident of Senzen village in Shopian district, was a serving soldier. He was posted in a Territorial Army […]

Kabul: Taliban militants have overrun seven checkpoints in the strategically important Mirza Olang area in Afghanistan’s northern Sari Pul province, a local official said on Saturday. “Taliban militants in an overnight operation captured seven police checkpoints in Mirza Olang area, forcing security forces to retreat,” provincial police chief Khalilullah Dastyar told Xinhua. If the militants […]

Srinagar: Two commandos of the Indian Air Force elite Garud commando unit and two militants were killed on Wednesday in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “The two Garud personnel were killed in action while operating with the Army for operational experience and training,” Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said. The […]

Srinagar: Three civilians were killed and 30 others, including policemen and paramilitary troopers, injured in a grenade attack by militants in Pulwama in south Kashmir. Police said militants hurled a grenade near a bus stand in Tral town of Pulwama district. “Three civilians, including two men and a woman, were killed and 30 others including […]

Srinagar: One policeman was killed and eight other security personnel injured on Saturday in a suicide attack by militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Militants attacked the district police lines in Pulwama town in the early hours, police sources said. They lobed grenades and fired at the guard post. Constable Imtiyaz Ahmad Sheikh was […]

Mogadishu: At least 17 people were killed and 26 others injured when two restaurants in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu were attacked by militants, police said on Thursday. An emergency team said confirmed that it has found 17 bodies, but it had to “stop rescue work as the area became too dark while bombings are still going […]

Srinagar: Four intruding militants were killed on Saturday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district as the army foiled an infiltration bid, said defence sources. A group of militants was challenged by the alert troops on the Indian side of the LoC in Rampur sector. “The operation is ongoing in […]

Srinagar: Five, including three soldiers and two militants, were killed in a ‘fidayeen’ (suicide) attack on an army camp on Thursday in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Fidayeen terrorists attacked the Panzgam army camp close to the Line of Control (LoC) around 4.30 a.m.” Defence Ministry Spokesman, Colonel Rajesh Kalia told IANS. “The three soldiers killed, included […]

Srinagar: An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. The security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Aripal village of the south Kashmir district this morning following specific information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. He said […]

  Lahore: For the first time, Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif has publicly acknowledged that militant organisations are active in the country and questioned the policy to allow the “non-state actors” to cross the border and “kill” people in Mumbai, a media report said. Sharif, who has been disqualified to hold public office for […]

Srinagar: The counter-operation launched by security forces against the militants who attacked a CRPF camp in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir ended Monday following the recovery of the body of another militant, the police said. Finally, the operation has concluded with the recovery of the body of the third terrorist, Director General of Police […]