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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 28, 2018
A suicide bomber in a minivan has attacked an army base in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, killing four civilians and two soldiers, officials say. Three civilians and two soldiers were also wounded in the April 28 attack in Nad Ali district, said Omar Zwak, spokesman for the provincial governor inÃâà...
SaharaReporters.com
April 27, 2018
A male suicide bomber, on Thursday night, attacked an armoured van of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) at Jidari Polo, Maiduguri, injuring two Police officers. The suicide bomber was suspected to be a Boko Haram terrorist. The attack occurred hours after the terror group had engagedÃâà...
Long War Journal
April 27, 2018
The Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda's branch in West Africa, claimed earlier today that four suicide bombers were used in the April 14 suicide assault on the Timbuktu airport. Previous accounts of the attack mentioned only two or three suicide car bombs were used, with one of theÃâà...
The Nation
April 25, 2018
RAWALPINDI: The security forces arrested two suicide bombers who came from across the border with suicide vests and communication devices during operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on Wednesday. Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said thatÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 30, 2018
BEIRUT (Sputnik) - The Syrian forces have seized a total of 36 would-be suicide bombers at different humanitarian corridors in the Eastern Ghouta enclave since civilian evacuations began, Syrian state media said. A military source told the SANA news agency they had detained 30 men and six womenÃâà...
Pulse Nigeria
March 26, 2018
Three female suicide bombers killed themselves when they attacked a housing estate in Konduga, Konduga Local Government of Borno State on Sunday, March 25, 2018. According to a report by The Nation, a security source said the bombers had entered the Konduga 20 Housing Unit Estate andÃâà...
Firstpost
March 25, 2018
Kabul: Two suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Sunday, killing three including the two terrorists ... Last week, an Islamic State suicide bomber targeted a group of Shiites marking the Persian new year in Afghanistan's capital, killing more than 30 people.
Sputnik International
March 25, 2018
One person has been killed and seven more wounded in the Western Afghan city of Herat, where two suicide bombers blew themselves up near a Shi'ite mosque, when guards stopped them from entering the Nabi Akram mosque. The Daesh* terror group has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack,Ãâà...
Gulf Today
March 23, 2018
Suicide bomber kills 10 at wrestling match in Afghan city ... "The suicide bomber detonated his car bomb as spectators were leaving the stadium," Zwak said. ... In Kabul on Wednesday a suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of people celebrating Nowruz, killing dozens of people, many of themÃâà...
The Root
March 22, 2018
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Aljazeera.com
March 17, 2018
At least three civilians killed in attack aimed at compound housing foreign security contractors, officials say. 17 Mar 2018. The attack comes days after the top US general in Afghanistan said security in the city would be "the main effort" for foreign forces [Reuters]. A Taliban suicide car bomber has detonated explosives nearÃâà...
SaharaReporters.com
March 15, 2018
They were many and six persons were injured. The bomber struck less than a kilometer to Giwa Barracks," said the rescue. Saharareporters gathered that two loud explosions rang out, with some sources claiming that the came from Improvised Explosive Device on the bodies of two female suicide bombersÃâà...
Voice of America
March 15, 2018
A suicide bomb blast at a police post in eastern Pakistan late Wednesday killed at least nine people and wounded more than 20 others. The rare attack on the outskirts of the city of Lahore killed and wounded mostly security personnel. The area deputy inspector general police, Haider Ashraf, told reportersÃâà...
Iraqi News
March 14, 2018
Kirkuk (Iraqinews.com) – Pro-government troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) announced on Tuesday killing Seven Islamic State (IS) militants in a military operation southwest of the oil-rich Kirkuk province. In a statement, a copy of which was obtained by Alghad Press, the PMFs saidÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 13, 2018
on Monday claimed arresting a would-be suicide bomber plotting an attack in Kabul. The spy network said the security forces arrested the man in De Sabz district. The detainee wanted to carry out a suicide bombing in Kabul, a statement from NDS said. The would-be bomber was Abdullah, alias Ajab Gul.
Los Angeles Times
March 9, 2018
Security personnel carry a body away from a Kabul checkpoint that was attacked by a suicide bomber on March 9. (Massoud Hossaini / Associated Press). A suicide bomber targeting Afghanistan's minority Hazaras blew himself up at a police checkpoint in western Kabul on Friday, killing nine people andÃâà...
New Telegraph Newspaper
March 8, 2018
Three members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) were killed while 17 others were injured when a male suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) strapped on his body at Muna Datti on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno State. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),Ãâà...
Gulf Today
March 8, 2018
KABUL: An Afghan official says a suicide bomber has killed three people including the local head of the Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs, in eastern Nangarhar province. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, says another 16 people were wounded in the attack on WednesdayÃâà...
News24
March 6, 2018
On Sunday three female suicide bombers died in a botched suicide attack in Konduga town, 38 kilometres (23 miles) from Maiduguri, the militia said. Liman said the bombers' veils became entangled in barbed wire security fence erected by vigilantes to fend off Boko Haram suicide attackers. "The bombersÃâà...
The Express Tribune
March 6, 2018
KANO: A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed three people ,when he detonated his explosives on the outskirts of the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, civilian militia told AFP. Eighteen people were also injured in the attack, which happened in the Muna Dalti area of the city, said Musa Ari, a civilian militiaÃâà...
Jakarta Post
March 6, 2018
Financier prepared Rp 200 million for Thamrin suicide bomber A terrorist captured by a Tempo photographer is seen pulling out his gun and firing shots after blasts rocked Jl. MH Thamrin area in Central Jakarta on Jan. 14, 2016. (Tempo/Aditia Noviansyah )Ãâà...
Iraqi News
March 6, 2018
Diyala (IraqiNew.com) A suicide bomber was killed on Tuesday when he became under siege by Iraqi troops at Diyala province, a commander was quoted saying. Ziyad al-Tamimi, a spokesperson of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Diyala, said a suicide bomber clad in an explosive belt was killed duringÃâà...
Firstpost
March 6, 2018
Boko Haram has increasingly used mostly female bombers against civilian "soft targets", particularly mosques, markets and other gatherings, as part of its insurgency. On Sunday, three female suicide bombers died in a botched suicide attack in Konduga town, 38 kilometres from Maiduguri, the militia said.
Mirror.co.uk
March 6, 2018
ISIS suicide-bombers launched a devastating truck attack which killed at least 14 people and wounded 54. Shocking video shows the moment the truck pulls into the compound before it ignites in a violent explosion, hurling flames and smoke into the air in Yemen on February 24. Seconds later, CCTVÃâà...
Miami Herald
March 6, 2018
... said the three killed were civilian defense force members on night duty. The dead and injured were taken to University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. Explosives and patrol teams visited the scene of the attack. Maiduguri's Muna Garage suburb has been attacked more than 30 times by suicide bombers,Ãâà...
The Sydney Morning Herald
February 25, 2018
Aden: At least 14 people were killed and 40 wounded when Islamist car suicide bombers and gunmen tried to storm the headquarters of a counter-terrorism unit in the southern port city of Aden on Saturday, security and medical sources said. Islamic State, in a statement carried by its Amaq news agency,Ãâà...
New York Times
February 17, 2018
DAKAR, Senegal — An attack by three suicide bombers has left at least 20 people dead and more than 20 others wounded at a fish market outside the sprawling Nigerian city that gave rise to the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, officials and news reports said on Saturday. The bombers set offÃâà...
MarketWatch
December 31, 1999
KABUL — A suspected Islamic State suicide bomber struck a voter-registration center in the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing at least 52 people in an attack aimed at inciting sectarian strife and undermining long-delayed parliamentary elections. The attacker detonated his explosive belt among a crowd ofÃâà...
Today.com
December 31, 1999
Suicide bomber in Afghanistan kills at least 31. At least 31 people were killed and more than 50 others injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up near Kabul, Afghanistan. ISIS has claimed responsibility.
ABC News
December 31, 1999
A Pakistani police officer walks past a police vehicle targeted by a suicide bomber in Quetta, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Pakistan's military says suicide bombers blew themselves up near a police vehicle and a security checkpoint in separate incidents in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing manyÃâà...
NPR
December 31, 1999
Updated 12:58 pm EDT. Enlarge this image. People gather around the scene of a suicide bomb attack that targeted a voter registration center in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption. toggle caption. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images. People gather around the scene of aÃâà...
TribDem.com
December 31, 1999
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Islamic State suicide bomber struck on the road to a Shiite shrine in Afghanistan's capital on Wednesday, killing at least 29 people as Afghans celebrated the Persian new year. The Public Health Ministry said another 52 people were wounded in the attack, which was carried outÃâà...
The News Tribune
December 31, 1999
An Islamic State suicide bomber targeted Afghanistan's ethnic Hazaras on Friday, blowing himself up at a police checkpoint near a gathering of the minority Shiites in western Kabul, killing nine people and wounding 18, officials said. In northern Afghanistan, the Taliban assaulted an army outpost overnightÃâà...
The Standard
December 31, 1999
A suicide bomber rammed a car into a Somali military base about 30 km (20 miles) northwest of the capital, Mogadishu, on Friday, killing one soldier, the military said. The attack, claimed by the militant group al Shabaab, occurred shortly before Friday prayers, when the base was almost empty, MajorÃâà...
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