Militant
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Militants blow up primary school in Pakistan
World | Jun 18, 2015, 07:29 AM ISTPeshawar: Militants blew up a primary school for boys early this morning in Pakistan's volatile Bajaur Agency bordering Afghanistan.No casualty was reported as no one was inside the building when the explosion took place.The militants
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J&K: Former militant shot dead in Sopore, fourth killing in last 1 week
India | Jun 15, 2015, 12:00 PM ISTSrinagar: In a series of targeted attacks in Kashmir's Sopore, a man was shot dead by suspected militants today.This was fourth such attack in a week in the north Jammu and Kashmir town and the
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Three militants arrested in Manipur
India | Jun 13, 2015, 12:24 PM ISTImphal: In the aftermath of the June 4 ambush on an Army convoy in which 18 soldiers were killed,three militants, including two NSCN(K) insurgents, have been arrested in Manipur.A self styled 'chairman' of NSCN(K)'s 'Amamchat
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Shopkeeper shot dead in Sopore by suspected militants
India | Jun 13, 2015, 09:50 AM ISTSrinagar: Suspected militants on June 12 shot dead a shopkeeper in Sopore town of north Kashmir Baramulla district, police said.The gunmen shot at and critically injured Khursheed Ahmad Bhat inside his shop at Bomai in
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20 armymen killed, 11 injured in insurgent ambush in Manipur
India | Jun 05, 2015, 07:12 AM ISTImphal: In the worst attack in two decades, insurgents today ambushed a military convoy in Manipur's Chandel district killing at least 20 army personnel and injuring 11 others.Army and civilian authorities suspect the involvement of
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Militants lay siege to guesthouse in Afghanistan's capital
World | May 27, 2015, 07:38 AM ISTKabul: Heavy gunfire and explosions broke out again early Wednesday in an upscale neighborhood in Afghanistan's capital, as police surrounded a guesthouse popular with foreigners thought to be under attack by insurgents.The firefight in the
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Militants strike twice in Kashmir; soldier among three killed
India | May 26, 2015, 06:42 AM ISTSrinagar: Three persons, including a soldier and a militant, were killed and two people were injured today as ultras targeted an army patrol and a franchise of BSNL at two places in Kashmir, police said.Militants
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Terrorists open fire at BSNL showroom in Sopore; 3 injured
India | May 25, 2015, 04:18 PM ISTSrinagar: One person was killed and two others were injured in a militant attack on a telecom company outlet in Sopore town of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Monday, police said.The militants opened firing on
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Eight Assam Rifles men killed in Nagaland militant attack
India | May 03, 2015, 11:32 PM ISTKohima: Eight security personnel were killed today in an ambush by underground militants in Mon district of Nagaland, defence sources said.The incident took place at Changlang Su area in Mon district around 2.30 p.m., when
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Police prevent 6 Kashmiri youths from joining militant ranks
India | Apr 09, 2015, 07:38 PM ISTSrinagar: Six young boys were detained by police, and handed over to parents, as they were heading to join militant ranks in south Kashmir Shopian district, officials said today.“We have detained six youth following technical
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Security forces bust militant hideout in Baramulla
India | Apr 06, 2015, 08:00 AM ISTSrinagar: Security forces busted a militant hideout yesterday and seized a cache of arms and ammunition in Baramulla district of Kashmir."Based on specific inputs, a search operation of Army was launched today in general area
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One militant killed in Kashmir gunfight
India | Feb 25, 2015, 10:30 AM ISTSrinagar: One separatist guerrilla of the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit was killed Wednesday in a gunfight which is still on between the security forces and holed up guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district."Following specific intelligence
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Islamic State group reaches for Afghanistan and Pakistan
World | Jan 17, 2015, 08:04 AM ISTCamp Shorabak, Afghanistan: Afghanistan and Pakistan, home to al-Qaida and Taliban militants and the focus of the longest war in U.S. history, face a new, emerging threat from the Islamic State group, officials have told
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On Christmas, Barack Obama marks end of Afghan combat
World | Dec 26, 2014, 11:39 AM ISTKaneohe Bay, Hawaii: President Barack Obama marked the end of more than a decade of combat in Afghanistan by paying tribute to America's military, telling troops on Christmas Day that their sacrifices have allowed for
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Pakistan: 77 militants killed after school massacre
World | Dec 19, 2014, 11:08 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistani warplanes and ground forces killed at least 77 militants in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Friday, days after Taliban fighters killed 148 people—most of them children—in a school
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Teenage survivor recounts horrific tale of Peshawar attack
World | Dec 18, 2014, 04:35 PM ISTPeshawar: Ladyluck favoured a 14-year-old student who survived miraculously after being hit on the forehead by a bullet fired from point blank range by a Taliban militant in the school massacre here that killed 148
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Militant hideout busted in Kupwara
India | Dec 16, 2014, 07:51 PM ISTSrinagar: Security forces today busted a militant hideout in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, recovering a cache of arms and ammunition. “Police and Army busted a hideout during a search operation in Waligam forest
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'IS may recruit locals, exploit Pakistan's sectarian divide'
World | Dec 10, 2014, 01:39 PM ISTIslamabad: The Pakistan government has realised that the Islamic State (IS) group is a potential threat that could benefit from the changing militant landscape in the country and exploit the sectarian schism by signing up
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Attack on police station in Iraq kills 9 people
World | Dec 07, 2014, 04:05 PM ISTBaghdad: Militants attacked a police station in an Iraqi village north of Baghdad, killing at least nine people Sunday, officials said.The attack started at dawn with a suicide car bomber hitting the blast walls that
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Lashkar-e-Taiba keen to revive militancy in J&K: Security agencies
India | Dec 06, 2014, 12:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: If security agencies are to be believed then the single largest casualty suffered by security forces in many years in Jammu and Kashmir may not just be linked to the ongoing state assembly