Taliban's massive offensive to capture Afghanistan's Shirzad district in the Nangarhar province has been repulsed and the militant group fled away after leaving 27 bodies behind, the provincial government said in a statement on Saturday.


Afghan security forces kill 27 Taliban militants


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Two militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.


Two militants killed in Shopian gunfight


A gunfight broke out between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Saturday, police said.


Gunfight in J&K between militants, security forces


At least 20 people were killed, almost half of them belonging to the Shia Hazara minority, and 48 injured when a bomb hidden in a sack of potatoes exploded in a crowded market in Pakistan's Quetta city on Friday.


20 killed in bombing at Pakistan market (3rd Lead)


At least four Haqqani militants were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan's Paktia province on Friday, officials said.


4 Haqqani militants killed in Afghan airstrike


At least 20 people were killed and 48 others injured in a blast that targeted members of the ethnic Hazara community at a market in Pakistan's Quetta city on Friday, police said.


20 die in Pakistan blast targeting Hazaras (2nd Lead)


The Taliban announced their annual spring offensive in Afghanistan on Friday with a special focus on capturing urban areas.


Taliban announces spring offensive in Afghanistan


Maoist guerrillas blew up three building of the forest department in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Friday, police said.


Maoists blow up three buildings in Jharkhand


At least 16 people were killed and over two dozen others injured in a blast that targeted members of the ethnic Hazara community in Pakistan's Quetta city on Friday, police said.


16 killed in Pakistan blast targeting Hazaras


Pakistan has handed over more questions to the India High Commissioner on the Pulwama attack dossier, Foreign Ministry Affairs spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on Thursday. "We hope India will answer these questions soon," Faisal told reporters here.


Pakistan seeks from India more info in Pulwama case


Senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq arrived here on Thursday after being questioned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in New Delhi for three days.


Mirwaiz Umar in Srinagar after NIA questioning


A Maoist was killed in an encounter on Thursday in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh after the extremists attacked security personnel deployed for helipad sanitization duty, officials said.


Maoist killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh


Taliban militants abducted 60 truck drivers in Afghanistan's Samanghan province on Thursday, officials said.


Taliban kidnap 60 truck drivers in Afghanistan


A blast took place outside a polling station in Maoist-infested Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on Thursday afternoon, official sources said. No casualty was reported.


Blast outside polling booth in Maharashtra


Eight policemen and seven militants were killed in a fighting in Afghanistan's Kunduz province on Thursday, officials said.


8 policemen among 15 killed in Afghan clash


The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday demanded the arrest of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on charges of instigating people to break the law.


BJP seeks Mehbooba's arrest for violence call


Two people were killed and another critically injured in a shooting on a street near downtown Chicago, local media reported, citing police.


Two killed in Chicago street shooting


Forty-three days after the Indian Air Force struck Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror training camps in Pakistan's Balakot, the Pakistani government took representatives of some Islamabad-based international media houses and foreign diplomats to the area but directed them not to "speak too long" to local residents.


Pakistan takes media to Balakot, curtails interactions


Just a day ahead of polling here, Maoists on Wednesday carried out an attack on a CRPF contingent being deployed for election duty, injuring two Sub-inspectors, official sources said.


2 CRPF officers hurt in Maoist ambush in Maharashtra (2nd Lead)


Forty-three days after the Indian Air Force struck Jaish-e-Mohammed terror training camps in Pakistan's Balakot, the Pakistani government on Wednesday organized a visit for some Islamabad-based international media houses and foreign diplomats to the area bombed by the IAF in retaliation to the February 14 Pulwama terror attack in which at least 40 CRPF troopers were killed.


Pakistan arranges media tour to IAF-bombed area


Just a day ahead of polling here, Maoists on Wednesday carried out an attack on a CRPF contingent being deployed for election duty, injuring a Sub-Inspector, a CRPF official said.

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