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Five Indian soldiers and three suspected militants were killed Sunday after rebels stormed a paramilitary camp in disputed Kashmir, triggering a daylong battle, officials said.
Separately, Indian and Pakistani soldiers traded gunfire along the highly militarized line dividing Kashmir between the two rivals, killing an Indian soldier, India’s army said.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a Shia cultural center in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, that left 41 people dead and dozens injured.
Two children were among the dead and 84 people were injured in the blast, according to a Health Ministry spokesman.
Burmese army troops currently based at Mali Yang fired several mortar rounds on gold mines along Mali Hka and Houng Ing in Sumpra Bum area on Dec 26. Local residents said a few mortar shells fell near their homes in Ja Ra Yang village. No casualties have been reported so far.
On Christmas day, Burmese army troops reportedly fired over 100 mortar rounds on amber mines in Danai Township.
About 200 families have evacuated and found themselves dislocated as firefights between Islamic State-inspired bandits from Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and Philippine Army troops resumed in Carmen, North Cotabato.
Local officials on Friday confirmed that affected residents of Martesan and Misalan in Barangay Tonganon were forced to evacuate for fear of a rampage by the group of BIFF commander Esmael Abdulmalik, alias Abu Toraife.
Burmese army’s 257th Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) troops launched an attack on KIA’s 26th Battalion’s Nawng Mu post in Hpakant Township on Dec 15 at 1:20 pm. KIA sources said their troops had to withdraw from Nawng Mu post around 9 pm because of Burmese army’s continuous offensives. KIA’s 26th Battalion’s Nawng Lut Pa post and Great Wall post had been attacked on the same day.
On the same day, Kachin civilian forces under KIA’s 6th Battalion and Burmese army’s 256th LIB troops fought at Laika Galai, located between Sawng Hka and Labang Kahtawng, around 10 am.