” A Friday night blast during prayers in a mosque killed 12 people, eight of them Taliban insurgents, in Afghanistan, officials said. The insurgents placed explosives in a corner of the mosque before joining worshipers in the Andar district of Ghazni province, officials said. The Taliban were passing the village and were carrying the explosives [...]
“A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital yesterday, sending a plume of smoke over Kabul in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said. The explosion was followed by an hours-long gun-battle in the central district.” Source: Two militants killed as suicide blast hits Kabul [...]
“A suicide bomber has blown herself up in the capital of the troubled southern republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala, officials say. At least 11 people, including five policemen, were wounded in the attack, which occurred close to an interior ministry building. In recent years, Russia has seen a number of attacks by women suicide bombers, known [...]
“Gunmen shot dead five people, including four prostitutes, in Pakistan’s troubled Balochistan province Thursday morning, police said. Elsewhere in the province, a car bomb blast killed 12 people, including six police officers.” Source: Prostitutes gunned down in Pakistan’s violence-plagued Balochistan – CNN.com
“Militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar masterminded the two suicide bombs in Niger on Thursday, reports say. Mr Belmokhtar is said to have ‘supervised’ the bombings, according to Mauritanian news agency Alakhbar. Suicide bombers struck a military camp and a French-run uranium mine in two towns in north-west Niger, killing 20 people.” Source: BBC News – Mokhtar [...]