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Pentagon agency`s Twitter account deleted for `poor taste`

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 00:04

The Pentagon has scrapped the Twitter account of an agency that counters homemade explosives after it posted joking comments about a bombing in the Philippines, officials said today.

Powerful bomb found in Manipur

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 09:39

A powerful IED, which was planted at a roadside, was found at Lamlai area in Imphal East district of Manipur, police said on Friday.

Yasin Bhatkal may spill beans on ammonium nitrate

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 15:23

Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) sleuths expect to get a lot of details from Yasin Bhatkal,clues about those who supplied the deadly ammonium nitrate to make the Improvised Explosive Device(IED).

Maoists plot to target police foiled

Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 08:33

Altogether 45 Improvised Explosive Devices set serially to target the security forces were discovered near Maoist-affected Jhumra Hills.

Militants trigger IED in north Kashmir

Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2013, 17:17

Militants triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Sopore town of Baramulla district of north Kashmir, damaging a police vehicle, police said on Friday.

Pentagon warns of higher bomb threat in drawdown

Last Updated: Friday, December 14, 2012, 10:04

US President Barack Obama and the military are focused on the drawdown of some 66,000 US troops now in Afghanistan.

Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan explosion

Last Updated: Monday, October 22, 2012, 10:55

Australia has 1,550 troops in Afghanistan and is the largest military contributor to the US-led alliance outside NATO.

Afghan militant attacks up 11 percent: NATO

Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2012, 16:16

The figures also show that the number of attacks in June was the highest for any month since fighting surged in the summer of 2010.

Seven Afghan children die in blast

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 00:04

The explosion took place in Ghor province when one of the children stepped on a "pressure-plate" bomb.

Three Western advisers killed in Afghanistan: NATO

Last Updated: Monday, July 23, 2012, 20:32

The three civilian police training contractors killed by an Afghan policeman have been identified as two Americans and a British citizen.

Pakistan: Bomb blast averted in Karachi

Last Updated: Friday, July 20, 2012, 21:54

The bomb was reportedly packed in a cement block, and the explosive material included ball bearings, nuts and bolts.

Roadside bomb hits Afghan bus, 5 civilians dead

Last Updated: Sunday, July 1, 2012, 12:33

A bus full of people struck the explosives while driving near Ghazni city, capital of the province of the same name.