An American drone strike on Tuesday killed at least nine Pakistani Taliban militants in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province
Pakistan's security forces, in recent days, have also arrested three Germans, two Kyrghyzstanis and two Turks all suspected militants involved in terrorist activities.
4 militants and a paramilitary central reserve police force (CRPF) trooper were killed on Sunday in two encounters across the valley.
Two militants and an army jawan were killed in fierce gunbattles in Jammu and Kashmir where the army pushed back militants who had infiltrated into the country under the cover of firing from the Pakistani side along the Line of Control. "A group of armed militants entered the Indian territory from Kabaristan post of Pakistan and were trapped by troops close to Kalash Indian Post between Zero line and border fencing along LoC in Poonch district on Sunday," officials said.
'Article 370 offered very important protections that were related to people's day to day lives.'
Two cops and a civilian were killed in another militant ambush on the Jammu Srinagar highway near Pampore in south Kashmir Pulwama district on Wednesday evening.
Security at the Akshardham temple in New Delhi was beefed up on Friday after the police received intelligence inputs that Kashmiri militants planned to blow it up. Following the input, the police have deployed more personnel at the temple on the banks of Yamuna in east Delhi, visited by thousands of people every day.
At least 18 militants of three proscribed groups, including 13 from the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), laid down arms and surrendered at the base on the 2 Mountain Division of Indian Army at Dinjan in eastern Assam's Tinsukia district on Monday. The militants surrendered before GOC of 2 Mountain Division, Major General Jatinder Singh and Deputy Commissioner of the Tinsukia district, Dr K K Dwivedi besides other senior Army and district officials.
Two army men including an officer were injured in an ongoing fierce gunfight in north Kashmir frontier Kupwara district late Friday.
In severe blow to the banned United Liberation Front of Asom, 31 militants, mostly from the ranks of the proscribed insurgent group surrendered before the army on Monday.
Altogether 58 militants, including 52 from the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and six from two Naga rebels groups, gave up arms before the Army in two separate surrender ceremonies on Tuesday.
Militants armed with assault rifles and rockets, who are guarding the troops, have said that the captured men would not be killed.
Two militants of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit were killed in a gunfight in south Kashmir on Saturday.
Four terrorists and two army jawans were killed in a gunbattle between the two sides in Baramulla district of north Kashmir on Friday morning.
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