Maoists operating in Odisha’s tribal-dominated Koraput district triggered a landmine blast on Tuesday morning killing four Border Security Force (BSF) jawans while completely destroying the van they were traveling in.

Two other paramilitary force personnel also sustained serious injuries in the incident and have been admitted to hospital.

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A soldier and a civilian lost their lives in a bomb blast targeting a Pakistan Army truck here in the Korangi No. 5 area on Thursday night.

10 soldiers were also among the nineteen people injured as a result of the blast the responsibility of which has been claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

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According to local authorities in western Herat province of Afghanistan, at least 83 people including 72 militants and 11 Afghan security forces were killed following clashes on Kandahar-Herat highway.

The officials further added that the clashes took place on Sunday in Chakab area fo Gulistan district, after militants ambushed a convoy of the Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF).

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The Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) leaders refused to sign a state-level ceasefire during the July 31 meeting with the government’s Union Peace-making Working Committee (UPWC) in northern Shan state.

Since then, government forces have been bolstering their presence near PSLF-affiliated towns like Kutkai, Nankhan and Namtu. PSLF Chairman Tar Aik Bone said this latest move is a pressure tactic to force them to sign a ceasefire.

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After more than two decades of fighting, the All-Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF) signed a preliminary ceasefire deal with government peace negotiators in Rangoon on Monday.

During a meeting at the Myanmar Peace Centre (MPC) in Burma’s commercial capital, the two sides signed a four-point deal that will allow the group’s members to travel unarmed through government-controlled territories and establish a liaison office in Karen state’s Myawaddy.

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