Tag: Islamic State

The Chinese embassy said it ‘strongly condemns this terrorist act,’ urging authorities to punish the perpetrators. There were no Chinese casualties as a result of the attack in the port city of Gwadar, the embassy said. Source link

‘The attack comes in the natural context of the ongoing war waged by the Islamic State against “democracy” as a regime hostile to true Islam,’ Islamic State’s Amaq agency said on Telegram. Source link

KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a political rally in a former stronghold of militants in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 44 people and wounding nearly 200 in an attack that a senior leader said was meant to weaken Pakistani ...

Reported By: Ankur SharmaLast Updated: July 15, 2023, 00:32 ISTFour mobile phones, incriminating literature related to ISKP, and sharp weapons, such as knives, have been recovered from them by ATS Ahmedabad, the NIA says in its FIR. (Representational pic/ANI)Ubaid Nasir Mir, Hanan Hayat Shawal, Mohammad Hajim Shah, Sumera Banu, ...

Last Updated: July 03, 2023, 10:20 ISTAccording to sources, the detained persons were on central agencies’ radar since early 2021. (News18/File)NIA officials told News18 that multiple incriminating materials, including digital devices, were seized from the accused and their houses during the searchesA joint team of the National Investigation Agency ...

Pakistani security forces on Wednesday killed an Islamic State group commander and two other militants during a raid on a militant hideout near the border with Afghanistan, the military said. The raid was conducted in Bajur, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, the military said. It ...

The Uttar Pradesh government will make the film The Kerala Story tax-free, Chief Minister Adityanath announced on Tuesday.The chief minister and his Cabinet colleagues will watch the film at a special screening, ANI reported.The movie, directed by Sudipto Sen, was released on May 5. It claims to depict how ...

Islamabad —  Taliban security forces in Afghanistan have raided an Islamic State “hideout” in the capital, Kabul, and killed several members of the militant group, according to officials. The Monday night counterterrorism action came a week after Saudi Arabia evacuated all its diplomats and embassy staff in the country ...

The seized Sri Lankan boat near Dhanushkodi in Ramanathapuram district. Photo: Special Arrangement With a 1,076 km-long porous coastline and a border with three States, Tamil Nadu is facing a heightened border challenge after many years.In recent weeks, there have been frequent intelligence warnings to the State government about ...

While geopolitical developments and the Covid-19 pandemic pushed terrorism down South Asian countries’ priority list, its spread has continued. The Taliban’s return had a relatively limited impact, though the Pakistani Taliban kept up its insurgency and evidence emerged of Hindutva’s global presence. Source link