Troops hunt for militants hiding in Kashmir forestOctober 8th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Army, paramilitary and police forces Thursday moved reinforcements to cordon off Khrew forest in south Kashmir's Pulwama district to nab suspected militants holed up in the area, a police official said. "We believe the militants are still hiding in the area though they have moved deeper into the forest.
Taliban commander killed in AfghanistanSeptember 29th, 2009 KABUL - A key Taliban commander was killed in Afghanistan's Kunduz province by policemen, police said Tuesday. "Policemen shot dead Taliban key commander Mullah Rashid in Kunduz province during an operation Monday evening," said the province's Inspector General of Police Abdul Razaq Yaqubi.
Gunmen kill five policemen in IraqSeptember 12th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Five Iraqi policemen were killed in an attack by gunmen in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a security source said Saturday. The attack took place Friday night when a group of unidentified gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint in al-Riyad neighbourhood in western Kirkuk.
3 policemen found killed by bullets to the head west of Pakistan's capitalSeptember 6th, 2009 3 policemen found shot in head in PakistanISLAMABAD — Police say three policemen have been fatally shot — each by a single bullet to the head — west of Pakistan's capital. Officer Arshad Mahmood says it appears to be a targeted killing but would not say if Taliban militants are suspected.
15 trainee Pak policemen killed in Mingora suicide attackAugust 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 15 security personnel were killed and several others injured in a suicide attack on a police station in Mingora on Sunday. The attack took place when a suicide attacker blew himself up on the training ground near the police station where the security personnel had gathered for a training session.
Suspected Maoists kill two policemen in OrissaJuly 29th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Suspected Maoists Wednesday killed two policemen in Orissa's Keonjhar district, police said. The bodies of assistant sub-inspector of police Muralidhar Bastia and home guard Hadibandhu Mahanta were found at about 7 p.m.
29 policemen refuse jungle warfare training, suspendedJuly 15th, 2009 RAIPUR - Twenty-nine policemen have been suspended in Chhattisgarh for refusing jungle warfare training, just days after Maoists massacred 29 of their colleagues, an official said Wednesday. The suspended policemen - all constables - were posted in Janjgir-Champa district and had been ordered to go for training at the Counter Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College (CTJWC) in Kanker district.
Six policemen killed in Maoist ambush in ChhattisgarhJuly 12th, 2009 RAIPUR - At least six policemen were killed and over a dozen injured in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district Sunday, a senior police officer said. "Six policemen were killed and several injured in an ambush in a thickly forested stretch of Rajnandgaon district where a reinforcement party is struggling to reach due to the hilly terrain," Girdhari Nayak, additional director general of police, told IANS.
Two policemen killed in Pakistan blastJuly 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Two policemen were killed and several others injured in a bomb attack on their vehicles in northwestern Pakistan Thursday morning, the Dawn reported. The roadside bombing occurred on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital city of militancy-hit North West Frontier Province.
Suicide car bomb kills seven in IraqJune 29th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least seven people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives packed in his car in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul Monday, police said. The bomber, five policemen and a civilian bystander were among those killed in the blast as a police patrol passed through the predominantly Christian district of Bartalah, some 30 kilometres east of Mosul, police told the German Press Agency dpa.
Eight policemen killed in AfghanistanJune 27th, 2009 KANDAHAR - Taliban militants killed eight policemen in an overnight assault on a police post in southern Afghan province of Helmand, an official said Saturday. A group of Taliban militants raided a police post north of Lashkar Gha, capital of Helmand, late Friday night killing eight policemen, provincial administration spokesman Daud Ahmadi said.
Maoists blow up police station, torch vehicles in OrissaJune 8th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoist rebels blew up a police station after forcing policemen out of the premises and torched several vehicles in Orissa's Koraput district, an official said Monday. Five policemen were on duty when around 70 Maoists attacked the police station in Baipariguda village, about 550 km from here, Sunday night.
Suicide blast kills five policemen in PakistanApril 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Five policemen were killed Saturday in a suicide car bomb attack in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, a media report said. A suicide bomber rammed an explosives laden vehicle into a security check post in Doaba area of Hangu district, the private Express TV channel reported.
Three Pakistani policemen killed in university attackMarch 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Suspected insurgents Wednesday killed three policemen who responded to an emergency call after an attack on a university in Pakistan's troubled North-West Frontier Province, officials and media reports said. The shootings occurred in Chakdara town of the Lower Dir district, 75 km from the provincial capital, Peshawar, police officer Gul Mohammad said by telephone.
Seven policemen killed in Pakistan attackFebruary 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Unknown gunmen killed seven police officers in a raid on a police checkpost in Pakistan's Punjab province Saturday, a security official said. The attack took place around 3.30 a.m.
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