12 Afghan civilians killed after bus hits roadside bombSeptember 30th, 2009 12 Afghan civilians killed in roadside bomb blastKABUL — A roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan has killed 12 civilians. Police chief Bismullah Khan says a civilian bus hit a bomb in Kandahar province's Maiwand district Tuesday morning, killing the 12 civilians and wounding another 15.
Two US soldiers killed in landmine blast in PhilippinesSeptember 29th, 2009 MANILA - Two US servicemen and Filipino marine soldier in southern Philippines were killed Tuesday when their Hummer jeep hit a landmine, an official said. Two people were wounded in the blast near a marine detachment in Indanan town of Sulu province Tuesday morning, chief military spokesperson Lt.
30 killed in Afghanistan landmine blastSeptember 29th, 2009 KABUL - At least 30 people were killed and 39 others injured Tuesday when the passenger bus in which they were travelling struck a landmine in southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the interior ministry said in a statement. "In the tragic incident, occurred in Maiwand district, 30 civilians including 10 children, seven women and 13 men were killed and 39 others sustained injuries," the statement said.
30 kg landmine recovered in JharkhandSeptember 12th, 2009 RANCHI - A 30 kg landmine was recovered Saturday by police from Jharkhand's Chatra district, officials said. The mine was recovered Saturday evening from Lipta village in Chatra district, some 190 km from Ranchi.
Officials: Roadside bombs kills 5 police, 1 guard in southern AfghanistanAugust 7th, 2009 Officials: Roadside bomb kills 5 Afghan copsKABUL — Officials say roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan have killed five policemen and an Afghan guard. Local police official Abdul Jabar says a roadside bomb late Thursday in Kandahar's Arghandab district killed five policemen.
4 Afghan security guards killed in blast in southern provinceJuly 30th, 2009 4 Afghan guards killed in blastKABUL — The government says a roadside blast has killed four Afghan guards in the south of the country. An Interior Ministry statement says the explosion hit the guards' vehicle in Helmand province on Thursday.
CRPF toll in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack rises to sixJuly 27th, 2009 RAIPUR - The casualty in the landmine blast triggered by Maoists rose to six Monday with four more bodies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel found. The blast had been triggerred Sunday in the state's restive Dantewada district.
Maoist landmine kills two troopers in Chhattisgarh (Second Lead)July 26th, 2009 RAIPUR - Two troopers were killed and four injured late Sunday when Maoist guerrillas ambushed two paramilitary vehicles and triggered a powerful landmine blast in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said. Over two dozen Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were in the vehicles when a landmine hit one of them and damaged its front portion in Dantewada district, some 350 km south of capital Raipur, said Deputy Inspector General Pawan Deo.
Maoists kill two security personnel in OrissaJuly 17th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoist rebels shot dead a policeman and killed a paramilitary trooper in a landmine blast in two separate incidents in Orissa's Sundergarh district, police said Friday. The Maoists killed a police sub inspector and a constable of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Thursday," Inspector General Pranabindu Acharya told IANS on phone.
Orissa intensifies combing operation to nab MaoistsJuly 17th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Police intensified combing operations to nab Maoists who shot dead a policeman and killed a paramilitary trooper in a landmine blast Friday in two separate incidents in Orissa's Sundergarh district, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said. Reinforcements have been rushed to the area and combing operations have been intensified to track down the extremists, Patnaik said making a statement in the assembly.
Five Pakistani soldiers killed in landmine blastJuly 10th, 2009 QUETTA - At least five soldiers were killed and four wounded when the truck in which they were travelling struck a landmine in Pakistan's southwestern Quetta City, a media report said. The security personnel were returning in the truck after dropping food supplies for their colleagues at different check posts when the incident took place Thursday, the Online news agency said citing officials.
Three Jharkhand policemen wounded in landmine blastJune 13th, 2009 RANCHI - Keeping up their attacks on security forces in Jharkhand, in which 24 policemen have been killed since Wednesday, Maoists Saturday ambushed a patrol in the state's Khuti district, injuring three policemen in a landmine blast. "Three policemen have been injured in a landmine blast near Rania block of Khuti district," Ranchi range's Deputy Inspector General of Police Raj Kumar Mallik told IANS.
3 security personnel injured in Jharkhand landmine blastJune 11th, 2009 RANCHI - Three security personnel were injured in a landmine blast in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district Wednesday, police said. The blast was triggered by Maoist guerrillas around 8.30 a.m.
11 cops die in Jharkhand landmine blast (Lead)June 10th, 2009 RANCHI - At least 11 security personnel were killed and six injured in a landmine blast in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district Wednesday, police said. The blast was triggered by guerrillas of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) around 8.30 a.m.
Seven Afghan civilians killed in roadside blastMay 10th, 2009 KABUL - Seven civilians working with a road construction company were killed Sunday in a roadside bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan, a government spokesman said. The workers were on way to a construction site near the border with Pakistan Sunday morning when their vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb in Haskamina district of eastern Nangarhar province, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, spokesman for the provincial governor said.
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