Taliban suicide attackers have struck a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least five people and injuring as many as 15.
The February 21 incident occurred at a region court in the town of Tangi, near the city of Peshawar.
Wednesday, 22 February, 2017
Pakistan: Jamaat-ul Ahrar taliban faction claims responsibility for Tangi courthouse attack
Tuesday, 21 February, 2017
Burma-Myanmar: 2 soldiers injured after clash with militants in Rakhine State
Two members of Burma (Myanmar)’s security forces were injured in a clash with militants on the troubled Rakhine State border with Bangladesh, Burma’s state counselor’s office said, casting doubt on the government’s claim that the region had stabilised.
The government last week said the situation in northern Rakhine had stabilised and that it had ended a four-month security crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
Friday, 17 February, 2017
Afghanistan: Islamic State (IS) terrorists kill 17 soldiers in Nangarhar province
At least 17 soldiers of the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) were reportedly been killed late on Thursday night in the country’s eastern Nangarhar province.
Media reports in Kabul quoted Ahmad Ali Hazrat, chief of Nangarhar provincial council, as saying that the Islamic State (IS) group was behind the attack on the security posts located in the Dih Bala district.
Pakistan: Pakistani forces kill and arrest dozens of militants after Islamic State shrine bombing
Pakistani para-military soldiers stand alert after a deadly suicide attack at the shrine of famous Sufi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, Pakistan, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. An Islamic State suicide bomber targeted worshippers at a famous shrine in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing dozens of worshippers and left hundreds of people wounded, officials said.
Tuesday, 14 February, 2017
Pakistan: 14 killed and over 100 wounded in Lahore blast claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar taliban group
At least 14 people, including DIG Traffic Ahmed Mobeen, were killed and over 100 wounded in a deadly suicide bombing outside the Punjab Assembly in Lahore on Monday, policemen and rescuers said.
The bomber, who came on a motorbike, detonated his suicide vest next to a DSNG van at Charing Cross on Lahore’s Mall Road at around 6:10 pm targeting the site of a protest, where negotiations were going on between protesting pharmacists and DIG Traffic Lahore Capt (r) Ahmad Mobin, police officials said.