Militants
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Nawaz Sharif calls for talks with militants, good links with neighbours
World | Aug 20, 2013, 09:35 AM ISTIslamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday invited the militants for dialogue to end the bloodshed in the country, while stressing the desire for cordial relations with all neighbouring countries including India."My government is determined
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72 militants, 11 policemen killed in Afghanistan clash
World | Aug 19, 2013, 08:07 PM ISTKabul: At least 72 militants and 11 policemen were killed in a clash between the two sides in the western Afghan province of Farah on Monday."The public protection police force was Sunday escorting a convoy
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'Terror machine' beyond Afghan borders the main threat: India
India | Aug 04, 2013, 08:58 AM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 4: With militants again targeting its mission in Jalalabad, India today said “terror machine” that operates from “beyond the borders” was the main threat to Afghanistan's security while the war-torn country assured
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Militants abduct irrigation engineers in Manipur
India | Aug 04, 2013, 07:45 AM ISTImphal, Aug 4 : About 10 heavily armed militants, some in camouflage uniforms and others in civvies, waylaid a team of state irrigation and flood control department engineers and contractor on Thursday afternoon near Pukhao
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Militants attack prison in northwest Pakistan
World | Jul 30, 2013, 10:47 AM ISTDera Ismail Khan, July 30: Dozens of Taliban militants armed with guns, grenades and bombs attacked a prison in northwest Pakistan, freeing more than 250 prisoners, including 25 “dangerous terrorists,” officials said.The militants killed six
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Syrian video shows Catholic priest beheaded by militants
World | Jun 29, 2013, 05:43 PM ISTDamascus, June 29: A video has been released on the internet that shows a Catholic priest and two other people being beheaded by Islamist militants in Syria.However, the country's main opposition group has claimed the
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Afghan police kill four Taliban militants
World | Jun 27, 2013, 03:40 PM ISTKabul, June 27: Afghanistan Police raided a Taliban hideout in Ghazni province, killing four militants including their commander, reported Xinhua."Acting on an intelligence report, the police stormed a Taliban hideout in Piriqarsdaran village outside provincial
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Businessman shot dead in Kashmir
India | Jun 26, 2013, 12:28 PM ISTSrinagar, June 26: A group of militants shot dead a businessman in north Kashmir's Sopore town Wednesday morning, police said.The militants shot Kifayat Hussain from a close range in Shankergund area of Sopore, some 55
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8 jawans killed, 19 injured in militant attack in Srinagar
India | Jun 24, 2013, 09:28 PM ISTSrinagar, June 24: In a brazen terror attack on the eve of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit, suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants today ambushed an Army convoy killing eight Army jawans and injuring 19 others near
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Militants kill two policemen in Srinagar
India | Jun 22, 2013, 07:16 PM ISTSrinagar, Jun 22: Militants today struck in the heart of the city shooting two policemen dead from point blank range in an apparent attempt to vitiate the atmosphere ahead of the Prime Minister's visit to
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Five migrant labourers killed, few others injured by militants
India | May 21, 2013, 11:58 AM ISTShillong, May 21: ive migrant labourers were shot dead and few others were injured when suspected tribal militants indiscriminately fired upon them in a remote mining village in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, police said
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Militants hurl grenade at Manipur minister's house
India | Apr 27, 2013, 05:18 PM ISTImphal, Apr 27: Unidentified militants lobbed a powerful grenade at the residence of Manipur Irrigation and Flood control Minister Ngamthang Haokip in the heart of Imphal town but it failed to explode, official sources said
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Know more about the Lebanon based militant group Hezbollah
World | Apr 26, 2013, 06:28 AM ISTNew Delhi: Hezbollah, which means “Party of God,” was founded in Lebanon in 1982, many say by the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, as a response to Israel's invasion of Lebanon.The group's aim is to destroy
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30 militants, 23 soldiers killed in clashes in Pakistan
World | Apr 08, 2013, 09:30 PM ISTIslamabad, Apr 8: Thirty militants and 23 soldiers have been killed during fighting between security forces and pro-Taliban rebels in the lawless Khyber tribal region of Pakistan, according to a media report today. The fighting
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Five militants lay down arms before BSF in Manipur
India | Mar 27, 2013, 03:26 PM ISTImphal, Mar 27: Five militants of different organisations have laid down arms before BSF in Bishenpur district of Manipur, official sources said today. The militants from United National Liberation Front, People's United Liberation Front and
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Militants attack Manipur government official's residence
India | Mar 25, 2013, 12:42 PM ISTImphal, Mar 25: Militants attacked the house of a Manipur government official in Imphal East district by hurling a powerful grenade, the police said today. The ultras lobbed the explosive at the residence of state
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Home Ministry releases list of 10 militants linked to Hindu fundamentalist outfits
India | Jan 25, 2013, 10:31 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 25: Even as the ongoing spat between the BJP and the Congress over Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's alleged remark that the BJP and the RSS were promoting saffron terror in the
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Abducted Sikh beheaded by militants in Pak tribal belt
World | Jan 09, 2013, 07:00 PM ISTIslamabad, Jan 9: A 40-year-old Sikh man, abducted over a month ago by a militant group in Pakistan's restive tribal region for allegedly spying for a rival outfit, has been found beheaded.Mohinder Singh, a herbal
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Seven Pakistani soldiers kidnapped by militants
World | Jan 02, 2013, 11:20 PM ISTIslamabad, Jan 2 : At least seven Pakistani soldiers were Wednesday kidnapped by militants from a small town around 120 km from Islamabad, just days after 22 security personnel were abducted from the northwest tribal
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Two militants killed in encounter in Assam
India | Dec 19, 2012, 06:20 PM ISTKokrajhar (Assam), Dec 19: Two militants of the anti-talk faction of NDFB were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kokrajhar district along the Indo-Bhutan Border today, police said.The encounter ensued when the militants