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  72 militants, 11 policemen killed in Afghanistan clash

  World | August 19, 2013 20:07 IST

  Kabul: 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 | August 04, 2013 8:58 IST

  New 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 | August 04, 2013 7:45 IST

  Imphal, 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 | July 30, 2013 10:47 IST

  Dera 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 | June 29, 2013 17:43 IST

  Damascus, 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 | June 27, 2013 15:40 IST

  Kabul, 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 | June 26, 2013 12:28 IST

  Srinagar, 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 | June 24, 2013 21:28 IST

  Srinagar, 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 | June 22, 2013 19:16 IST

  Srinagar, 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 IST

  Shillong, 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 | April 27, 2013 17:18 IST

  Imphal, 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 | April 26, 2013 6:28 IST

  New 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 | April 08, 2013 21:30 IST

  Islamabad, 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 | March 27, 2013 15:26 IST

  Imphal, 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 | March 25, 2013 12:42 IST

  Imphal, 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 | January 25, 2013 10:31 IST

  New 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 | January 09, 2013 19:00 IST

  Islamabad, 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 | January 02, 2013 23:20 IST

  Islamabad, 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 | December 19, 2012 18:20 IST

  Kokrajhar (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

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  Five Taliban militants die in airport attack in Pakistan

  World | December 16, 2012 18:43 IST

  Peshawar,Dec 16: Pakistani security forces cornered the last members of a group of Taliban militants who staged a deadly raid on an airport in the country's troubled northwest, and all five died in the ensuing