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At least 100 islamic extremist militants have been killed in attacks and bombings in tribal region of Orakzai, in Pakistan.
By some days aviation has intensified bombings against talibans bases in different sides of region belonging to the tribal territories in federal administration (Fata) bordering with Afghanistan.
At least 14 afghan policemen have been killed in three distincts attacks made by talibans in north Afghanistan.
Nine policemen killed in district of Emam Saheb, province of Kunduz in an attack.
In district of Qaleh Zaal an improvised explosive device exploded while where was passing the car on which was head of local police, killing hime and his driver.
In province of Badahhshan, 5 policemen are killed when their vehicle jumped on a bomb.
The bandh by Maoists turned violent in two states on Thursday when the rebels attacked the house of a Congress leader in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district killing two of his relatives and blew up a railway station in Jharkand leaving one person dead.
A road bridge was also blown up and a four-wheeler used by the CISF personnel of the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) torched by the Maoists in extremist-hit West Singhbhum district in Jharkand.
A three-feet rail section under Dhanbad Rail Division was also blasted, holding up several trains including a Rajdhani train.
A secretive armed group engaged in the bloody separatist conflict in southern Thailand has told Al Jazeera that it will not compromise on seeking independence for the largely Muslim area.
Speaking to Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen at a location outside Thailand, a senior member of the National Revolutionary Front Co-ordinate (BRN-C) said the group’s main aim was “to fight for independence through an armed revolution”.
“Our main aim is not war but we are forced into this because without violence Siam [Thailand] will never stop discriminating against the Malay people in the south,” he said on condition of anonymity.
More than 3,500 people have been killed in the conflict since simmering tensions over rule by Buddhist-majority Thailand flared in 2004.
Insurgents have attacked Nato forces in eastern Afghanistan.
Several attackers were killed in the Taliban attack on a base at an airfield outside Jalalabad, near the border with Pakistan.
Gunmen set off a car bomb and fired rocket-propelled grenades, and wounding two soldiers, Nato said.
The attack came a day after US Gen David Petraeus warned of an “industrial strength insurgency” in the country.