Landmines

RAWALPINDI: Foiling a major terrorism bid in Balochistan, Frontier Corps on Monday recovered 21 landmines in Zhob area, ARY News reported. Media wing of Pakistan armed forces, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the explosive mines were recovered during an operation in Qamar Din area of Zhob. The ISPR said the mines weighed 235 kilogram and they were to be used in attacks on Muharram processions. Read More: US values sacrifices of Pakistan in war against terrorism: Pentagon official Earlier, Chief of Army…

DHAKA: Myanmar has been laying landmines across a section of its border with Bangladesh, said two government sources in Dhaka, adding that the purpose may have been to prevent the return of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence. Bangladesh will on Wednesday formally lodge a protest against the laying of land mines so close to the border, said the sources, who had direct knowledge of the situation but asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter. An army crackdown triggered by an attack on Aug. 25 by…

PNOM PINH: Cambodia is training an elite squad of rats, imported from Africa, to sniff out landmines and other unexploded ordnance in the once war-wracked kingdom, authorities said on Friday.

KARACHI: Rangers foiled a major terror plot as several rocket launchers, Awan Bombs, Sub-Machine Guns (SMGs), Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPGs) and other explosives were recovered from Sultanabad area of Karachi, ARY News reports.